Acknowledgements
It’s been a long and winding road with many detours and dead ends, but my sister Mary kept me moving forward.
So, a special thanks to Mary for being the first reader, of the first draft of, The Stone Hearth. She listened to my thoughts, my frustrations and never hesitated to give me input or criticism. She read and reread my manuscript until the final word.
Thanks to my lifelong friend Yvonne, whose opinion I value, helped me decide to finally publish. She also proofread a couple of times.
Peg, thanks for knowing me well enough to help on the biography
Ardith and Cathy who encouraged me because they thought it was an enjoyable read.
Thanks to Stephine who encouraged me to keep writing, gave me her thoughts on the story to make it better and proofread the final draft.
And a thanks to my computer people, Bruce and Shauna for helping to combine files, signing contracts and making the web page.
Thanks to my children, Kim for the map and Eric for the use for his name. Mike for designing the cover and Kelly for reading the manuscript while in labor.
My husband has put up with the cost, and time spent on this project without complaint. So, thank you Gary.
Thanks to my editor, Alexandria Sese.
Thanks to my photographer, Arlie Sommer.
The finally piece to get this novel published was done by my nephew Bob. He formatted and fit the part together to publish. Thank you, Bob for your time and patience.