What an exciting time of year!

Today I’ll be driving from our home in central Ohio to Louisville, KY to have an early Christmas with our pregnant daughter and son-in-law, grandson Jeremy, and hopefully, all six of the beautiful foster children who have lived with them much of this past year. Our family feast will be on Saturday, with a gift exchange on Sunday morning after the annual slumber party with all the kids.

Our son and my youngest brother will be home sometime next week to celebrate. They’re both owner-operator long-haul truckers and have volunteered to work the holiday weekend so others can be home with their families. (My brother and son are only five years apart in age.) We’ll have our son’s two little boys here and we’ll have another “early” Christmas with them.

With our extended family we’ve gotten real good at re-arranging holidays.

This past week I’ve been working on my list of goals for the New Year. On Sunday at 8:00 pm EST I’ll be moderating a Writer’s Chat (http://www.writerschatroom.com). The topic is “Goals”. The password to get into the chat is writerschat. Drop in and say “hello” to our community of writers. We have a new website filled with educational opportunities and links—and a very impressive line-up of guests for the Wednesday evening chats—starting with Earl Emerson (!) on the 28th. (One of my long-term goals is to write like Earl Emerson!) www.EarlEmerson.com

However you and your family celebrate, here’s a “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year” from our family to yours!