Acknowledgements D eep love and special thanks to my family, especially my mother who has been with me through my whole ordeal. All my cousins, aunts, uncles and friends of our family have given me so much support. Our sweet pets, Huey, Tex, and Glynis gave me so much comfort. Thanks to the St. Albert High School staff for getting me trough a terribly tough school year, especially to Ms. McGuire and Ms. Mooney who are the most loving teachers.
Good friends are hard to come by.
Thanks, Michala, Mandy, Ellen, Liz, Jill, Val, Sharon, the Colemans, Annie Bendalin, Ione Jenson for all your love and encouragement. Thanks Dr. Michael Meyer, for being the best psychiatrist in Omaha. Thank you, Susan Carte-Rothe, for being the best therapist in Omaha.