for
Steven Merullo
Kenneth Merullo
Peter Grudin
Dean Crawford
and
in memory of
Gerard X. Sikorski
Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.
RAINER MARIA RILKE
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
– AMELIA EARHART PUTNA
A portion of the author’s earnings from this book will be donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.