A Special Thank You To

My son Kevin Weldon who brings me joy and is my best friend, and contributed his wisdom to this edition, Dr. Timothy E. Trask, Professor of English and Communicative Arts at Massasoit Community College, who taught me how to be a better writer and is an incredible intellectual inspiration, Bruce McCabe, Professor of English and creative writing, and former Boston Globe writer, who spent many hours editing my newspaper articles, and for allowing me to share with students in his class my writing and publishing experience, Marilyn Anderson who encouraged me to ‘just do it,’ and to all the students at Massasoit Community College who shared their dreams and hopes.

Marina Pickett