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Kindness,Inc.logo,which is the heart-shapedglobe of the world depicted on the front cover,wasdesigned by Marti McAllister of Point Ventura,Texas  \nCopyright 1996  \nNo part of this book may be reprinted in any 1  without writtenpermission of the copyright holder and publisher:  \nKindness,Inc.P.O.Box 3074Balkersfield,California 93385(805)872-4500  \nISBN0-9654840-0-9Printed in the United Statea of America.  \nThis book is dedicated to my wife,Di,who haslived this book every day and every night.Every part ofthis project has Di's imprint upon it.Di's eyes andgood judgment have guided this book through each stageof its development.Oh,and thanks to our RussianBlue cat,Star,for putting up with much disruption inher life as she rules our home with majestic authority.  \n# ACKNOWLEDGMENTS\n\nPutting together a book that is a collection ofstories is not as easy as you may think.Some threeyears went into collecting and sorting stories for futurereference.Hundreds had to be set aside to providevariety,while others had to be shortened to fit into amanageable book length.  \nMy deepest thanks go to each person who haseither sent me a story,or who has responded to myrequest to write his or her story when,in several cases,he or she didn't know there was a story to tell.Thiscollection will be read with enjoyment because youwere willing to share your lives with the rest of us.We all needed you to tell your story so we can reflectupon our own lives.Thanks to you,our lives areenriched.  \nThis collection would not have happened had itnot been for several dedicated professionals who putmany hours of effort into selecting,editing,proofreading,computer entering,printing,andproviding emotional support.Joan Swenson,columnist for The Bakersfield Californian newspaper,got the book started by offering to assist in the mostdifficult task of story selection.Joan then did theimpossible.She took boxes of stories I had collected,put them into some semblance of order,and first-cutedited them,soI could determine if,in all that paper,we actually had a book.  \nIt took the incredible skills of Janet Skibinskito fine tune each story into a living presentation foreach of us to enjoy.Each story was given a title thatrepresents what the story is about.Thanks,Janet,forgreat wit and humor.The many hours Joan andJanet spent writing and rewriting made this book cometo life.  \nCurtis and Gail Istre took raw material andturned it into computerized excellence.I still amamazed at how these two could take our stories,pourthem through a funnel into a computer,sort,spindle,and avoid mufilation,and present what you see oneach page.Your skills are phenomenal.  \nOur friends,Greg and Patsy Randall,devotedmany hours to reading stories out loud so we all couldhear the message and spot grammatical errors as wellas just plain enjoy positive thoughts.Thanks for beingthere P.and G.  \nMany others offered advice and counsel duringthe book's development stages.Fred Jacobs,MikeRusso,Craig 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