Acknowledgments
Stacey Tisdale
I'd like to thank my teachers:
To my mom, Jettie Tisdale: Thank you for teaching me that the teacher and the student, also known as the mother and the child, are one and the same. They reside in our hearts eternally. Nothing changes that. It is the truth itself. You are such a great teacher that they named a school after you!
To my dad, Charles Tisdale: Thank you for teaching me through example how we are to live, laugh, and love. Thank you for teaching me the depth of the love a parent has for a child.
To Mom and Dad together: Thank you for teaching me that that "one special love" really does exist," and that being a parent means climbing inside your child and being their dreams with them.
To my grandmother, Rose Johnson: Thank you for teaching me that faith is really all that you need.
To my husband, Chris: Thank you for teaching me what it truly means to love and care about someone in spite of yourself, and how to show it every second of every day.
To my beloved, beautiful baby boy, Christopher: Thank you for teaching me that love is simply effortless perfection, and that we're born knowing that. We have everything we need to be happy all of the time!
To "Grandpa T," "Grandma Mimi," Jan (aka "Aunt Sister"), Aunt Perri, and Aunt Ann (my husband's family): Thank you for teaching me how loving, honorable, and elegant people can truly be.
To Rudrani: There aren't words.
To Peter Smits: Thank you for teaching me how to be aware.
To Priscilla Shanks: Thank you for ...
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