Soar (20 page)

Epilogue

◆ Coach Perkins will stand trial for second-degree murder in Cincinnati.

◆ Hillcrest Middle School is now the “Home of the Eagles: Changing for the better, learning how to soar.”

◆ Sarah said I gave the Eagles wings!

◆ Walt dropped the ring at the wedding. It went rolling under a pew, but Franny, a great fielder, scooped it up and tossed it to me. I handed it to Walt. Double play.

The End . . .
Or maybe it's The
Beginning.

Acknowledgments

With thanks to the team of good people who generously shared their wisdom and experience:

◆ Dr. Jean Brown, Rhode Island College

◆ Dr. Sarita Dhuper, pediatric cardiologist

◆ Natima Harry, amazing heart transplant patient

◆ Dr. Laura Bruno, pediatrician

◆ Dr. Bruce Yaffe, internist

◆ Dr. Jeffrey Thompson, family medicine

◆ Phil Kluger

◆ Teresa LaMaster

◆ Mary Lester

◆ Twylah King, teacher of “special kids” at Nuttal Middle School

◆ Cindy Edwards

◆ Rabbi Toba Spitzer of Congregation Dorshei Tzedek, and author of the baseball prayer in Chapter 36

◆ Regina Hayes, my superb editor

◆ Janet Pascal and her copyediting team: Kate Hurley and Ryan Sullivan

◆ Gerard Mancini, associate publisher

◆ Nancy Brennan, designer

◆ Danielle Calotta, jacket designer

◆ Plus JoAnn, Laura, Rita, Karen, Tim, Mickey, Kally, Dorothea, and Chris

And special thanks to Hope Taft, who years ago gave this story wings when she took me to the Crane Creek Wildlife Research Center in Oak Harbor, Ohio, to see the eagles nesting.

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