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Acknowledgments

My mother, Eva, my dad, Al, and my brother, Frank, had a good thing
going when they welcomed me into the environment of love and acceptance

they were already enjoying. I felt safe and free there with them, and this
fact of my existence seems somehow basic to my having the perspective
offered in this book.

Being able to rely on love, loyalty, and friendship comes in handy
anytime. This is especially true when faced with making a living, the illness
and death of loved ones, and a publisher’s deadline all at the same time. I’m
deeply grateful to my wife, Leti, and our son, Jonah—the man I most
admire.

Nancy Ferguson and I have been friends and colleagues for many years.
She is a true manifestation of love and authenticity, and a gift to every
human, cat, and dog fortunate enough to cross her path. The ease with
which she lives the truth of who she is makes doing so easier for me.
Nancy’s friendship, hard work, and support of me and what I have to say
are in great part why it’s getting said.

To Novle Rogers, whose illustrations embellish both this and the

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original edition of Taming Your Gremlin , I offer a West Texas, buddy-to-
buddy sock on the arm. His art’s got heart.

My colleague Jane Massengill phoned her way into my life two years
ago. A marvelously talented gremlin-tamer in her own right, Jane has a
dream of making certain every child on the planet learns Gremlin-Taming.
If it can be done, Jane will do it. She’s embraced the Gremlin-Taming
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Method in her own life and in her work, and her creativity and support