Thief Eyes

Janni Lee Simner Thief Eyes

Like Haley, I’m descended from a long line of strong

women. This one’s for them: my grandmothers,

Anne Rosenel, Jenny Simner, and Isabel Simner;

my aunts, Harriet Piltz and Ida Rosenel;

and most of all my mother, Roberta Dunker,

the strongest woman I know

and the reason I grew up never doubting

I could be anything I wanted.