While Visions of Home Improvement Gift Cards Dance in Her Head

The blog has suffered a bit in November and December - NaNoWriMo and a rather harrowing holiday season got to me. However, I do want to thank everyone who has offered a comment or stopped by, or just lurked silently in the shadows. I will try to be more regular with the writing in the New Year.

I'm especially grateful to those of you who have offered advice on what to say to people who are hurting. Much of your insight came out of your own pain, and I'm thankful to be able to partake of your wisdom.

I head off to the wilds of Oklahoma tomorrow (via a plane - no 16-hour drives for me, thank you) to spend some lovely days with the best family God could have possibly given me. We will watch movies, play cards and dominoes, rearrange the logs in the fireplace, make rotel dip late at night, and laugh and talk and hang out in our pajamas.

May you all be so blessed. Take care and have a Merry Christmas!