I just finished your book, Donna. I know you've passed away. I'm going to share a Thank You letter to you anyway. Donna, I found your book, "Standing Tall," at a book fair of used books somewhere in the DFW area. Since I can hardly resist rummaging through used books, I can't recall which place I found yours. Your book remained nestled on one of seven packed bookshelves for maybe a year or two. The other day, I began organizing the books. I'm going to move. My current partner, Erin, is in chronic pain. She has been for two and a half years now. I've a four-year-old son who spends the night with me once every two weeks. He has soft blonde hair and loves to run up to friends and family saying "I'm here! I missed you so much!". And I'm a salesman who got demoted to a non-sales job a month ago; I wasn't able to hit the required numbers, and I'm going to have to start searching elsewhere if I want to continue my sales career, which I do. -I pulled all the books that were biographies out of the tightly packed shelves that line my walls, and your book grabbed my attention. I kept thinking about your picture on the back, and the name "Standing Tall" -and your spirited smile. -Donna, thank you for writing all the words you wrote. Thank you for what you shared and your candidness. I have a friend named Brad Blanton who wrote a book called Radical Honesty, and you reminded me of some of the valuable lessons I've learned from him about honesty, and accepting what is, and being an experiencing being. My son, North, has Tourettes (my ex-wife has Tourettes as well) and being that he's only four, your story was a warm fire of comfort for me amidst my very uncertain environment. I liked the lessons you shared about being a child and your mother allowing you to make your mistakes and figure out how to be in the world -your own way of being. I'm fond of saying, "Everybody's different". And I appreciate you for sharing your experience, allowing me to find some comforting similarity within the difference. The book I found of yours is signed by you (which pleases me so much), it says, \"To Bettie, Thanks for being a fellow traveler along the way. ~Peace, Joy & Love~ Donna\" Your book will soon be on it\'s way to my incredible ex-wife, Liz -who I\'m very grateful to have had my child with; I\'m as certain as I can be that your words will be food for her soul as well, Donna. Thank you so much for sharing about you. Thanks for the reminder that whining isn\'t the best use of energy. I feel warmth in my arms and chest and eyes. Much love to you, Donna, I\'m sad we\'ll never get to meet, ~Beau, Dallas-Texas