Would like to thank a few more people who have been supportive through this endeavor:

especially my husband, Jeremy, whom I love and adore,

my children for their constant wonder,

my sister, Heather, who has always loved me just the way I am,

my mother, who is a poet who doesn't write anymore,

Mick, Queenie, Kat, Shells...you are all the best,

Melissa, my newest BFF, who feels like an old BFF,

all those who have inspired the poetry, including those mentioned above

and to all those who continue to support and inspire me...

Thank you!

And I hope this collection of poems will not disappoint. It might offend, it might make you feel things that even you yourself did not know you could feel, it might shock, it might make you nod in agreement, cry, laugh, cringe, smile, hug your loved one, but with all that and anything else it might make you feel, I just hope it does not disappoint.