I wanted to write to tell you that I walked into a local bookstore around Oct 10 and walked straight to where your book was and for some reason picked the only copy right up and got interested in it. I purchased it. Later I saw that it was just printed in Sept, 2003. This had to be divine intervention. Her nature was one of positive, enlightened joy in many of the things you write about in your book, even though she had Downs Syndrome and Congestive Heart Failure her whole life.

My daugher had just died Sept 28, 2003. The book has been of considerable comfort to me. I am actually underlining certain passages which seem to have been written for her because I'm going to hand the book over to my wife to read as soon as I'm done.

They did an article for my daughter in the local paper. Why I am not sure but we cooperated nonetheless and were quite grateful for the tribute.

Her name is Lindsey Alexander and she was 16 years old and carried my heart with her.

-- Jim Alexander