title: Sending Love, My Different-Functional Family
author: Lori Hilliard
description: <div><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I>&#147;This book is honest, simple, and genuine.</I> Sending Love, My 'Different-Functional' Family <I>will make a positive difference for children and parents going through a divorce. I highly recommend this book.&#8221;&#160; &#151;Dr. Jane Nelsen, author, Positive Discipline series</I>
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  _To all of the songwriters and singers who take me right_ _to the heart of it
  every time I sit down to write._
  
   _And, always …_
  
   _To Paul_
  
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
  EVERY BOOK is an adventure and it’s a thrill to take it with so many wonderful
  people on
  
  my team. Thank you to my husband and kids, my parents, and my mother-in-law,
  who are
  
  always there for me when I’m imagining and writing a book. And a special
  thank-you to
  
  my sister-in-law, Linda. Thank you to the fabulous women in my posse: Shelley
  Adina,
  
  Jami Alden, Carol Culver, Theresa Grant, Jasmine Haynes, Rachael Herron, Anne
  Mallory,
  
  Monica McCarty, Poppy Reiffen, Penelope Williamson, Veronica Wolff, and Jackie
  Yau.
  
  Thank you to Ellen Higuchi and the entire Thursday night romance readers’
  
  group for the
  
  endless support, great book recommendations, and laughter. Thank you to
  Jeannie Ruesch
  
  for my beautiful website. Thank you to my editor, Shauna Summers, who sees all
  the things
  
  that need to be seen,