Benediction

Acknowledgments

The author wishes to thank Gary Fisketjon, Nancy Stauffer, Mark and Virginia Spragg, Mark and Kathy Haruf, Gabrielle Brooks, Carol Carson, Ruthie Reisner, Kathleen Fridella, Jim and Jane Elmore, Peter and Jill Brown, Will Archuletta, Lura McKinley, Leslie Stockton, Rev. Andy Dunning, Rev. George Christie, Dr. Paul Ilecki, Rev. Saundra Nottingham, Sorel Haruf, Whitney Haruf, Chaney Haruf Matsukis, Jane Templeton, Virginia Davis, Heather Austin, and especially Cathy Haruf.