I couldn’t have asked for a more amazing, “Puppy Chow is Better than Prozac,” book launch party than the one Aldon James and Judy Hamburg hosted for me at the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park. It was an incredible evening. My family, my dear friends, and of course Ozzy were there celebrating with me. Wine and Cheese and Milk bones flowed throughout the evening. When I stood up at the podium to speak I was speechless. It had been quite the journey. And not just from getting control of my manic depression. For getting this book published. Wow, it’s a book in itself.My sister, Sharon, and her awesome friend, Caryn were selling books as Ozzy and I signed them. I made a stamp of Ozzy’s paw. Being a first-time author, it was so surreal having people actually wait in line for me to sign.I felt so special that my book was being recognized, in the same club where great authors like Tom Wolfe had spoke years earlier. I remember walking Ozzy around Gramercy Park the night Tom Wolfe was having his release party for “A Man In Full.” I gazed into the window, watching the happy (they looked happy anyway : ) people, their cocktails, the laughter. Wondering, “When will my book get published?” It took 11 years to do it, but I did it. And I thank everybody who stuck by me and my furry little (now 110lbs) guy along the way.