Special thanks to the aces at Lake Union, starting with the wonderful Liz Pearsons, who fell for Tips. She has been a constant ally and advocate. Tiffany Yates Martin: working with you was my grad school. Also thanks to the great communicator Gabrielle Dumpit, and to Kimberly Glyder for her inspired design.
A shout-out to the late, great Nora Ephron, who told me I should write books. To Cis Wilson, Steve Molton, Pamela Galvin, Annette Chandler, Will Chandler and Vicki Polon for their friendship throughout. To Marcelle Tosi and the team at Miracle Management for their support and enthusiasm. To Geoffrey Nimmer for the “cedar” talk. To Dr. Karen Langone for enabling me to walk out ideas. To my beloved dog, Hitchcock, who comes along on the walks when he’s not sitting patiently in my office waiting for me to return to reality and give him treats. And to my clients, who continue to show me what courage it takes to heal and go on to thrive.
But most of all I want to thank my wonderful partner, Nick Gazzolo, who inspires, supports, applauds, advises and brings coffees and laughter at just the right moments. Nick makes everything better. Always.