To my mom: the beautiful lady with the long, smooth fingernails who cared for me and gave me the opportunity to grow up raising horses and other animals!  Remember when Stan (younger brother)was born and how Rob (older brother) and I cried & cried because he was not a midget or a girl, how I would get gum tangled in my long hair and you would put ice cubes and peanut butter on the gum to get it out, how I thought I was a teacher for the smaller kids on the block during summer break and the first time you put my hair in a single pony tail instead of 2 tails and I thought my hair was missing?!  Thank you for always being home with a treat ready for me after school and the unconditional support throughout the years.  Toni, you are the best mom.  

To my mother in law, Irene Simmons: the kindhearted, sweet woman who raised my husband to be gentle and gracious to women, thank you and I love you.

And to all of the women who have helped guide me on my jouney and have given special attention as my mom is 1200 miles away, I thank you for being a part of my life.  Special thanks to Nancy Stovall, Shirley Muck, Shari Sandwith and Diane Pryor.

Love your daughter,

Marti Schmidt, Realtor, Coldwell Banker Ocean Beach Properties, beautiful Ocean Shores, WA