title: Future Story: Moving Forward with Purpose
author: DeAnna Gallagher
description: DeAnna Gallagher serves as Executive Director of Shasta Thrive in Anderson/Redding, CA. Shasta Thrive is a faith-based organization focused on equipping mentors with tools such as Future Story and matching them to adults and youth struggling with cycles of instability. Under DeAnna's leadership, mentors focus on honoring each person for their value and celebrating each forward step. DeAnna and her husband Mike have four adult children and 6 grandchildren.
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  ## _Acknowledgments_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I’m tremendously grateful to all the people who have helped bring the
  Gallagher Girls to life—especially the wonderfully talented Donna Bray, whose
  support has meant more than I can ever say Also, I owe a great deal to Ananne
  Lewin and the entire Hyperion team of whom I am continually in awe
  
  
  
  
  
  I would also like to thank my agent, Kristin Nelson, also, Jennifer Lynn
  Barnes and Karen Walters for all of their incredible support And, of course, I
  owe everything to my family, who have always been there for me
  
  
  
  
  
  And last but certainly not least, I thank all the wonderful readers, like
  Victoria Sperow, Kami Elrod, Kelsey Wehmhoff, Paul Hollingsworth, Neha
  Mahajan, and Kara McBrayer, who make it all worthwhile
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _For Faith & Lily_
  
  
  
  
  
  _the next generation of Gallagher Girls_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## **Chapter One**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Just be yourself,” my mother said, as if that were easy. Which it isn’t.
  Ever. Especial