Cris asked Don Bendell:

Dear Don, just purchased your work "The Indian Ring" at BAM. Read the back and it seemed a good read. Damn, nearly broke down and cried when I read of the dedication to your good wife. My wife went through similar trials, yet we are still both cancer survivors. I have never encountered such words in a western as you put them. You are one in a million, bro. Too, thanks for your service - my wife and I mean it. ?

Don Bendell Thank you. I lost her on Valentine's Day, 2014. My wife now Janet and I just co-wrote Cowboy the F Up! How to be a Real Man in Today's World. I have only had two really great loves in my life, Shirley and Janet. Shirley was Annie Oakley and just what I needed for those 33 years in my life. Janet is nothing like Shirley. She is Grace Kelly and totally what I need for this part of my life. We just celebrated our 2nd anniversary last weekend.

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