Yesterday morning my dear friend Ruth Stafford Peale went to be with the Lord.  Both Dr. Peale and his wife had a profound impact on my career.  Reading THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING helped me through the difficult years of rejection when I first started writing. 

When I sold my first book, I wrote Dr. Peale and thanked him for writing his book.  He wrote me back!  His letter is one of my life’s treasures.  My daughters and I attended Ruth’s 100th birthday party in New York City in 2006, and I was in Pawling, NY, last November to see her.  We shall miss a great, great lady.  I consider it an honor to have known and loved her.