title: Heart of My Own Heart: Miracle at Valley Rise-Book Three
author:  Karen Welch 
description: Karen Welch was born in Richmond, Virginia and grew up in nearby Amelia County. After a twenty-year sojourn in North Florida, she now lives in Southeast Kansas with husband John and children and grandchildren nearby.
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  ## [Acknowledgments](9780062447760_Contents.xhtml#r_idParaDest-113)
  
  
  THIS IS A BOOK about healing. It was healing for me to write, in no small part
  because of the many elixirs I was given.
  
  
  I owe an endless debt of gratitude to Kyle Boatwright, not just for lending me
  her speech patterns, late-night brilliance, entire family, and generous
  heart—but for being my second reader in all four kingdoms. Rise Up, beauty.
  
  
  Joel Tippie, you Design Dujia: you did it again. Melissa Miller, you helped me
  build my very first boat, and Katherine Tegen, you made the winds blow. Mabel
  Hsu and Tanu Srivastava: I couldn’t have asked for two better editors to help
  steer my last ship into the harbor.
  
  
  Keppie Sullivan, thank you for being my mistress of the sailing arts, and
  Dave, for being Keppie’s first mate. Bridget Morrissey, you are the
  inspiration behind the Once Upon a Times. Deedee Messana, your emails have
  lifted my spirits more than you know.
  
  
  Sue and Ka