The Things I Want Most (34 page)

To my late encourager and friend, James J. McNamara, NYPD. It was on the day Jimmy was brought home behind bagpipes, into St. Peter's Church and schoolyard where he and his brother, my first five sons, and then finally Mike were boys, that I finally understood why he wanted me to write this story down.

To Christine M. Benton of Chicago, Illinois, for teaching me how to tell a story and for endless warm support.

RICHARD F. MINITER lives and works with his wife, Susan, a financial planner, in a country inn in upstate New York.

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The Things I Want Most

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