How Long Has it Been?
On my way home from a recent trip, I observed a sightless woman who was on the same plane. An airline employee helped her board, and when we landed another person assisted her to baggage claim, making sure she was seated. Just before the attendant walked away, I heard the sightless woman say that her daughter was coming to pick her up. Nearly twenty minutes went by, as we waited for our luggage, and no one had come to pick up the woman, who now was beginning to fidget. I scanned the faces of those in the area, hoping that one of them might be this woman’s daughter, but no one seemed to notice her. “Can I help you?” I asked. “Is there someone I can call?” She smiled up at me and said, “Thank you; I appreciate that.” She gave me her daughter’s phone number, and as I was getting ready to make the call, another woman, whom I’d seen walking around the area, stepped up to me and said, “There’s no need for that, I’m her daughter.” Looking at the blind woman, she said, “It’s been so long since I’ve seen you, Mom; I didn’t recognize you.” The older woman gave a nod. “Yes, it’s been a very long time.”
Relieved that the woman was no longer alone, I said goodbye and joined my family, waiting for me in the car. But as I walked away, I couldn’t stop thinking about the daughter’s words: “It’s been so long. I didn’t recognize you.” I don’t know the reason this mother and daughter had not seen each other for such a long time, but it reminded me of how important it is to keep in touch with our family and friends. Sometimes, due to circumstances, we aren’t able to see our loved ones as often as we like, but we can still keep in touch by other means. I am grateful that I stayed with the blind woman until her daughter arrived, and it did my heart good to see the joy on their faces as they hugged. Is there someone in your life you haven’t seen or talked to in awhile? Is there a way you can reach out to them soon?
When I got married 45 years ago I moved to the United States. My family is still in Canada. Both Mom and Dad and my older sister Dorothy have gone to be with the LORD.
I still have a sister and brother, who live in Canada.
It’s easier to keep in touch with my brother than it is with my sister. My brother and I keep in touch by email and I keep in touch with my sister by phone calls. I know when my brother came to visit last year that he had changed a lot from the last time we saw each other. I know he must have noticed my appearance had changed also. Time has a way of doing that to us. But our love for one another grows stronger as our family circle grows smaller.
Blessings
Shirley
My heart felt sad for the woman in the story, as she waited for her daughter. I would have done just as you. I would have waited with this woman.
My family is very close. But, this reminded me of when I had moved 12 hours away, because of my ex-husband’s job, for a short time.
I would speak to family on the phone. When I did get the chance to visit, it was always a warm homecoming.
There is nothing like family… and faith!!
Merry Christmas to you and your family, Wanda!!
This story made my heart ache, as it hits so close to home as I am sure it may have other readers. Its a shame that family cannot stay in one location, but due to our jobs, school and our dreams of living in another location, it does not always work out that way. My Mother is no longer living, but oh how I wish I had returned home more often, called more often and just taken more time to communicate with her other than a few times each year. I miss her so much and know you can never go back and relieve the time missed. I am sure your story resonates with many of your readers, and is a good message to all of us…..family matters more than anything.
Thank you so much for the story on your journal.
CC
I live in Michigan my sister lives in Alabama but we talk on the phone everyday almost! We talk about folks that she has met at our church and those I met at her church, recipes, the good old days LOL . Times when we were kids. We try encourage and pray for each other and things that are happening in our life’s “back home” . Of course our appearance changes also but I love my curly headed sister very much . Merry Christmas lets celebrate Our KING! Lord bless you all,
Mary
I would love to know the story of the mother and the daughter. Family relationships can be so complicated and those on the outside can not understand why things are the way they are. Sometimes people on the inside don’t even understand it. This time of year brings so many feelings and thoughts to the surface. They are always things to be done to be closer to family members. I think I will resolve to do my part with my family. Thanks for a thought provoking journal entry, Wanda.
I so love reading your books. Makes me feel that I’m right there
What do you do if people only want to talk to you to gain something? Family or others can ignore for years, yet surface when they want something. You learn to put faith in God, not man like it should be.
I have a sister that I am close too, I loss my oldest daughter and oldest grandson at the same time all of this was in 2008. Then in 2009 I loss my mom and dad and brother-in-law. I have been through heartache but I know without a doubt that my God is in control. Then as well now and He will be tomorrow. I wish I could see them today but know I can’t but I know that one day I will see them again as well as my Lord and Savior and that is a lot of comfort.
My dear Wanda I am afraid to say yes I have 3 siblings that I have not spoken to for a very long time! It hurts me to say this because one of my mother’s dying wishes to me was to keep the family together! She has been gone sine 1992, I tried for many years, my next younger sister Doralee has MS with it she is still clinging to old memories that we had done as kids! I have apologize or and over but she has drawn away! My youngest sister Dalenda, adopted two children from the Ukraine, something snapped in her that she thought I was trying to tell her how to raise the kids and she will not speak to me! My brother is in Florida, he is not well but he sexually abused me as a kid so I have a hard time talking to him but I have gotten therapy for it, but he is spreading lies to the one with MS that she tried suicide many times and how bad our dad was to her and him. So I guess I have hard feelings for him! So in answer yes families fall apart! So I pray every day for God to help me mend these broken relationship?!
I try to keep in touch with family and friends and I have good intentions. It seems everyone is so busy and when we all get , I enjoy talking with everybody. I want to try and do better. We should be more like the Amish and have a visiting Sunday.
I have returned after a long absence in my journey with the lord. I was angry with our church and God. I had been in a marriage for 31 years, raised 2 children and thought my world was safe. Twelve years ago my ex-husband told me right before Christmas that he didn’t love me and wanted a divorce to marry someone else.
I went to my priest who proceeded to let me know that I should work harder on my marriage and that way my husband would not have strayed. I was so hurt and angry after a while especially when my ex was bringing the new women to church on Sunday and there I sat with my children across the isle. I never went back to that church. Forward to a year and a half ago. My co-worker noticed when we spoke about church and God how angry I still was. She invited me to her church and finally I went. Something happened the day I walked into the sanctuary. I felt I had come home. I can not describe it any other way. I have been going to church and bible study since. I belong to a Seniors in Action group also with the church. I have renewed my faith in and love of the lord. I feel truly blessed and for all the lord has shown to me and the wonderful people he has placed in my life. I am remarried to a wonderful man who believes in the lord. I know the lord did not walk away from me. I am so thankful that I found my faith again because I was so empty for far too long.
Thank you for sharing your story, Louise. May God bless you richly in the days ahead.
I absolutely love your books…I love reading about the People and their love of the Lord and how they spread that love to others…I love to read how they can overcome any tragedy by prayer and togetherness with God..I try and share my love of your books with others that I know…please keep them coming…
Wanda, how wonderful of you to stay with the blind women & how sad for her & her daughter to have been sperated for so long! One thing I love about Facebook is the ability to stay connected & reconnect with family & friends! Thanks!
Robin Weiss
2845 Super Sport Ln
Raleigh NC 27603-8900
Thank you for your insight. I was blessed with one sister and she died in 2/2008. I did not agree with things she was doing and had little to no contact with her the last two years of her life. Life is too short! I would give anything to talk to her or call her one more time.
We have lived in Florida for almost 20 years and our families live in Missouri . We miss them dearly and are contemplating a move back so our children can become reacquainted with their cousins .Family is so important .
What a touching post and I know the woman had to be grateful for you staying with her as well.
I have lived in SC all my life but my mom’s side of the family is in GA. Mom passed away in 2013 of a sudden illness and it is sad to say it is when I met some of my relatives I have not seen in over 20 years.
I come from a very close family that i only see occasionally, if that makes any sense. We care a lot for each other but can’t visit as often as we’d like. Others are never far from our thoughts and prayers.
I love all of your books and devour each and every one when they come out.
I moved to Ohio from Illinois 12 years ago. My family is all in Illinois and I usually only get back once a year to visit. It’s very hard being so far away, yet we make the most of every visit.
We just moved back to the area with our families. For over 10 years we lived hours away and missed out on so much time with our families. We are making the most of being back and enjoying all of the family time.
Just to let you know how very much I love your books and readiing about what you and your husband are doing.
I feel sorry for family’s who have been apart whatever the circumstances. I pray they may find it in their hearts to forgive and make up before it is too late. The Lord saw fit to return a very good friend to me just this week after she got angry over a petty thing 5 years ago. To this I say” Than k you Jesus.”
Wanda, Congratulations on receiving the Career Achievement Award for inspirational novels! They are, indeed, inspiring, and I have appreciated your books so much.
I just reached out to my Step-grandmother. It has been a few years since I have been able to make the 5 hour drive to see her. I think of her daily and keep her in my prayers. Thank you for your recent journal entry.
It is hard to be away from family but having phones and internet certainly makes it easier to stay in touch.
For many years my siblings, parents, and I have lived in different states. It was always good to reunite on holidays or even for a wedding or funeral. However, because of the distance and cost of travel, we were not able to get together frequently. Now, only one sister and I remain of our family, so we try to rendez-vous where we can see each other as well as other relatives. For instance, in June we met up in Hilton Head, SC, and spent a week with my sister and brother-in-law as well as their children and some of my sisters’ in-laws. In September my sister, brother-in-law, my husband, and I met up in Michigan and visited with various relatives and then participated in a Road Scholar program comparing Amish and Mennonite cultures. Seeing my sister twice in one year is a treat!
I could never understand how families could become enstranged. Having grown up Amish Mennonite, it was just beyond my comprehension that anybody in the family unit wouldn’t talk to each other for years. Well, 10 years ago I found out by personal experience how those things happen sometimes and it grieves me, but I have faith that one day my little granddaughter will want to know her mother’s side of her family. She was snatched away by her daddy when she was only 4 years old. But I look forward to the day, when we will be reunited once again.
What a sad story but it ended on a happy note. I pray that their time together was one they would never forget.
Bless their hearts!
You know Wanda, I have made it a practice to keep in touch with ALL the people that have crossed my path during this lifetime, family included. However, there had be a riff in our family during the time of my mother’s final days on earth. I had not seen my sister in about three years.
I returned to the state in which I was born, only to find out that her husband had suffered a heart attack then a stroke. I rushed over to the hospital where I got to see my brother in law, however my sister was nowhere in sight. Waiting a few minutes my sister, her daughter and son got off the elevator, when I over heard her daughter say ” Mom there is this strange lady talking to Daddy.
When my sister came up to where I was, she too did not recognize me. It was then I realized that I always want to be recognized and known…Since that day, I make a daily effort of contacting those I love, and those I know….
When my parents left to be missionaries in Africa, my siblings and I banded together against
All who didn’t like what my parents were doing. And now that mom is gone and dad is in a care facility, we have grown even closer, even tho we are in different states.
Both my daughter and my sister live far from me and in different directions. I miss
Miss them terribly but spent 3 weeks this year with my sister. It was wonderful
I know it is hard to get to see family but when you do it is so much fun and so much to talk about. It was that way with my mama and papa because they leaved in Alabama
Oh my! I can’t imagine what could have kept Mother & Daughter separated long enough that she didn’t recognize her Mother! We never know what other people are going thru in their life! Thankful they found each other!
What a great storyline, Wanda! I am so thankful that my two children live close by and we see each other. My two sisters are also in town too. This would break my heart to hear a daughter say she didn’t recognize her mother. I guess it happens but I just can’t imagine it.
I don’t get to see my brother but once every couple years. He’s in Iowa and I’m in Ohio. I try to stay in contact with him as much as possible. My other brother and 2 sisters are close by. I don’t think I could stand it if they were all out of state. I thank God for us having a close family.
I love your books. They help me take my mind off the ever days trails.
I just wanted to let you know how much your books mean to me. I have had 17 foot surgerys between both of my feet since 2004 and will be having another one soon. So reading your books have kept me busy while I am down from the surgerys. My family lives in Pennsylvania and I live in Ohio. Both of my parents have passed as have my husbands. We have an 18 year old granddaughter who we have raised for the last three years. We have had some ruff times
but having her here has been a Blessing. It ruff at our age to be raising a teenager but she is a good kid and starting college. Your books keep me going. Thank You!
Thank you Wanda for the wonderful reminder today of just how precious our families are to us. I live overseas and if it wasn’t for Skype, Face Time, FaceBook, e-mails It would really be hard to stay in touch and close to my family.
Jody Olson
Blk 5, 32/F, Flat B
Pacific View
38 Tai Tam Rd.
Hong Kong
When my aunt died recently I saw one of my cousins for the first time in years. I didn’t recognize him but he did me. He came up and started talking to me and all I could think was “who are you”? I was trying to figure out a polite way to ask when he moved in just the right way for me to realize who it was. The sad part is we were so close years ago. We hung out together a lot. Time does slip by faster then we expect and we need to stay connected to those who are important to us.
For whatever reason the mother and daughter had not seen each other for so long, my heart goes out to them both, I am glad you stayed with her until they were together. My mother passed away in 1996, it has been hard no being able to see and talk to her, I miss my mom so much. I try to keep in touch with all my family and friends whether seeing them, at least talking on the phone.
I felt so sad for this woman as I read. I could never have not seen my mom for so long that we didn’t recognize each other. My mom now rests with God and I know she is watching over me. My sister moved to California last year and I contact her often by phone and send her pictures of my family to keep her up to date. She does the same with me and her grandchildren and children who live out there also. It just isn’t okay to not keep in touch, no matter how far away you are. God had blessed me with such a wonderful family.
What a heart wrenching story and it’s true! God Bless you~ Family is so very important, yet so many families are torn apart and don’t see or speak to each other. My wish is for all to find a way to mend their family’s and see the importance of acceptance.
I just read an email concerning this subject. The woman thought her neighbor from long ago had already passed away. It turns out he just recently died. She did not keep in touch with him but her son did and received a nice gift just for spending time with the gentleman. I never want to NOT keep in touch with my family and friends.
there is a sadness in your entry. It made me sad. I have never regretted the extra time I spent with my family. It is always such a joy.
As we travel through our life God will put us where we are needed at the time we are needed to be there. I had a situation several years ago at a place where I worked that a lady came in who was very confused. Someone I worked with knew my father was an alzheimers patient and thought I knew how to help the lady. God had put me there for her that day. I did help her by sitting with her and by getting information out of her in our conversation to call her son. This woman was a very long way from her home …driving at night and the family was very happy that I was “nosy” enough to ask questions. I thank God for placing us in situations that we can show the love of Jesus and help people in need. One day it just could be us needing someone to lend a kind helping hand. May God bless you and Merry Christmas.
My parents divorced when I was 4 years old, my mother remarried soon thereafter and moved us 4 hours away from my Dad. He couldn’t afford the gas money for the trip to see me and my brother, so we didn’t get to see him very often. I always missed my Dad and kept his picture in a frame on the nightstand next to my bed. Me and my Dad now keep up with each other by texting. It’s fun sending each other pictures of what is going on in our lives until we are able to see each other in person.
Felt such sadness when reading your entry. In August I lost my favorite cousin to heart disease. I regret that I was not there more for her and that I could not do more for her. She is often on my mind and forever in my heart.
Many of my family and friends are no longer living and I miss them. However, I am thankful that I get to see my children just about every week. I treasure those times.
These busy days it’s easy to lose touch with family and friends. Most of my family lives here in the same town I grew up in, so we stay close. Friends have moved away but Facebook is my way of keeping in touch with them. I loved your story about the blind lady and I’m so glad she and her daughter found each other. I guess it really doesn’t matter why they hadn’t seen each other in a long time, they hugged and connected.
What a touching story! My mother lives about 10 miles away but I don’t see her as often as I could. My brother drives a truck and calls her every day. I usually talk with her once or twice a week and see her about once a month. Early in my marriage, my wife and I lived in another state for almost four years while I earned my college degree and worked. It was about an eight hour trip, so we only made it home every three or four months. We would spend most of our vacation time here. My wife’s parents also lived in the area, so we spent part of our time with them and part of it with my family. My wife’s mother passed away nine months after we moved back and my father died eight months after that. It seemed to change the dynamics of family visits.
When my father passed away in 2005, my brother and I decided that we would take Dad back home (Hawaii) to be buried. We made arrangements with our cousin to meet us at the airport. Standing in the baggage claim area, we scanned the many faces and I spotted one face; I pointed this person out to my brother and he said ‘no’ that’s not him, but when I said that the face looked like our Uncle (who lives in Reno), my brother changed his mind and decided I was right. It had been 20 years since I had seen my cousin. Time goes by way too fast. Everyone gets caught up with their every day lives, that the next thing you know you are getting a wedding invite for little Suzie.
What a sad story. I can’t imagine a daughter staying out-of-touch with a mother so long she didn’t even recognize her. Even if they were miles and miles from each other, they could have exchanged pictures. We all have only one mother and they should be of utmost interest to each of us.
Thank you for your kindness in offering to assist this woman! This story has certainly given me reasons to stop & ponder my own life–is there anyone in my family I’ve ignored. Am I really that “busy?” I lost a sister to cancer when she was 42–she left behind a minister husband & 6 children, from kindergarten-senior in high school. A few months ago, child #5 was married–no one from my sister’s side of the family was invited…another sister asked about an invitation and our nephew said that he hadn’t invited any of us because he didn’t really know us…that hurt…(what he doesn’t know is that I pray frequently for him & his siblings & father)
That was a touching and sad story. Your writings are always very moving.
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My heart aches for families who are distanced from each other either by miles or conflicts. Perhaps because our family is small, we are closer knit than some and rely on each other more. Your caring heart shows not only in your writing, but apparently in all you do. God bless you.
My sister’s youngest daughter was almost 5 years before I actually got to see her. But I’d have recognized her from the pictures I’d received. I was afraid she wouldn’t have anything to do with me but she took right up with me and wanted to sleep with me every night I was there!
Glad you stayed with the lady.
Glad to hear you stayed with the lady. I would have done the same. My family is close so we see each other very often. So enjoy your books.
Twelve years ago I married a man who lived in Iowa and packed all my belongings and moved from Ca. to Ia. leaving behind 2 adult children and a bad situation that I got myself in I took in 4 friends that were all homeless. They had been for awhile but I didn’t know a lot about their situation.Well this got me in a lot of problems even though I gave them a home a fully stocked kitchen and bedrooms with tvs and computer games etc,.,clothes anyway I ended up where I felt I had to move to ia so I didn’t even think of myself leaving my grandparents or how I would lose that close relationship I had with my kids. Now I had talked to everyone but 1 son and since my grandma has passed and a situation happened there. I feel so sad not seeing everyone in 5 years due to finances and not talking to my son in 1 1/2 years one I was so close to. My grandkids are so much older now I wouldn’t recognize them ,,soon I hope to somehow see them !
I understand how the lady who couldn’t see hasn’t seen her daughter being disabled in anyway and flying or taking any type of transportation is simply impossible almost.
My family is spread out all over the place. Great distances in between. We do try to catch up as often as possible. It’s important to stay in touch.
Family that is not with in driving distance to go see like my grandparents, I use faccebook, phone call or a letter to keep in touch with family that is long distance…I dated a blind guy in high school and learned so much from him that the rest of us including myself that we take for grantit….
Hi Wanda,
I really hope you had a great time in flordia and the sea shells really look nice also.I was happy to hear how you wanted to help that sightless woman at the airport,I believe that we should make it our job to be able to assist someone in need.I try to help anyone I can and not to worry about getting invovled when you can be useful.My wife just loves to read your books,she has every one
so far that you wrote.She says for you to keep on writing,and she hopes to see you again in lancaster.Her name is also Wanda.
This has been a touchy subject for me. When my youngest dau gets mad at me, usually for saying something I think is so important to being a good christian. She doesn’t call or come to see us for a long time. Then it is all blamed on me. She has two young children, and one day I stopped to pick up another relative there and didn’t go in, but when her son saw me there he said , “why did you come here?” It really hurt me because I knew she had talked in front of her little children. It was almost a year or more before things got a band aid on them, not settled though.
So I have a hard time hearing things like this blind lady’s story. It my book I wrote I had a same situation in there of a woman who her dau. didn’t come see her very often. My parents just passed away one year apart, and I tell everybody they need to go visit their grandparents while they can, too many are sitting alone wishing for company. I appreciate you Wanda! God bless you abundantly
My mother and grandmother do not speak any longer. I find this quite sad and try and remind both of each other’s good qualities. No one is perfect, but conflicts should not keep family apart. Sometimes pride and stubbornness gets in the way. Who really cares who is right? In the end it makes no difference. The important thing is to value the time you have together and accept each other, flaws and all.
I had a cousin that died a few years ago. He was hit with a baseball bat protecting a young child from being hearmed by a teenager. He never let it get him down. always making someone laugh. I miss him alot.
There are people that I miss and I would like to see, but our next meeting will take place in Heaven. Until then, I wait in joyful hope.
It is so sad that some families don’t stay in touched, As for me I’m very close to all of my family. I do miss my parents and someday I will see them in heaven. God bless you.
No one’s promised tomorrow…make every day count and live it as though it’s your last. There are loved ones presently in our lives as well as some that have passed on that still live in our hearts. Memories, sharing, and love are what truly matter…not who had the last word, who was right/wrong, not all of the petty unimportant things that shape/destroy so many relationships today. God has blessed me richly with many, many wonderful friends & family members. He also gave me the strength to end a disastrous 24-year marriage and make a better life for myself and my two AMAZING kids. Along the way, He rejoined my path with my highschool sweetheart….30+ years later. I’m still awestruck that a fantastic, Christian man carried a torch for ordinary me for that length of time and was willing to become a ‘family’ with my children and I. My kids would have missed out on soooo much and so would I if not for reconnecting with this man. After I broke up with him in high school (stupid mistake but being young and naive, I thought it was for the best since I felt I wasn’t ready for anything permanent at the time), he could have very easily turned his back on me forever. I thank God daily that he brought this guy back into my life. I could’ve very easily been the one pining away for the lost relationship instead of being so thankful and happy. I never got over him either – a thousand miles seperated us for 30 years with both of us having the same regrets, longings, and prayers. Needless to say, neither of us take even one day for granted anymore…we missed out on all those years but now have the chance at true happiness. I guess to wrap this up I’ll say ‘Merry Christmas! Forgive daily…react/respond in all situations in love….and most of all, be ever thankful to the Lord and follow where He leads you – He NEVER makes mistakes!’ God bless to you Wanda. I love your books and relate to much in them for we, also, are ‘family’ with MANY old-order Amish in our area. They’re unique people that give me alot to think about as I try to live up to their morals, values, family/community unity. Our world would be a much better place if more followed the Amish’s lead!!
I have a very mean sister who doesn’t allow me to visit. She lives with our Mother, and so I could not see my Mother. It is more than an hour and a half drive from where I live; and travel is difficult for me for various reasons. A couple of years ago, after Mother had a mild stroke I was able to visit her in a convalescent facility. It had been so long since I had seen her that neither one of us recognized each other. I showed her a photo of her wedding anad she did not know who the bridesmaids and groomsmen were. But at least we had a nice visit.
Mother passed away on November 13. In terrible traffic, it took 3 hours to get to the Church for her funeral. My sister had not arrranged for any viewing. We celebrated a Catholic Mass and then took Mother to the cemetary, where my sister had not even arranged for a priest to attend the burial. Then we got into our cars in the rain and returned home after another three hour drive in pouring rain and heavy traffic. My sister had our Mother sign the house over to her and all the accounts as well. I can’t even go back to gather a few memories.
But I am at peace with the fact that Mother is no longer influenced by my sister and is with Jesus. I feel no anger at all. Thank you for listening to my story. I will be 66 years old on Christmas Day.
As I was going thru my book of addresses, thinking about Christmas cards, I came across several people. A lot of them with phone numbers still listed, so I went ahead and called a few, to their surprise, we figured out we were distantly realated. I am so glad that I took the time to share with them I was still thinking of them. And it was more personal than a card, sharing alot of memories.
I thank God, this also lifted my spirits, as well as theirs. Nancy
I had a good friend pass away recently and I really regret that I hadn’t stayed in touch. I guess I finally realize how important that is as I didn’t get to say goodbye. I am definitely going to get in touch with my far flung family this holiday season!
MERRY CHRISTMAS & A BLESSED NEW YEAR! You & your husband are truly blessings from God! Thank you for your gift of writing that encourages my soul everyday!
P.S. Elderly people are especially lonely at Christmas & quite often forgotten…At my church we make it a point to not let that happen…We held our annual Grandpeople Christmas dinner yesterday…Wonderful dinner, music, crafts & just sharing of Christmas from the past…I also sent a gift as well as many phone calls to an elderly lady in Florida who was moved there with her family…I will not forget her…This Christmas or ever!
The story you told was sad and also happy. I have a niece and 3 nephews in Ohio that I don’t see since my sister passed. We do keep in touch by texting and with phone calls.
Hello Wanda I just had to write. I just finished the Kentucky series. Cannot tell you how much I enjoyed the 3 books. Only wish it would have went on and on. My husband is from Kentucky. It just made all the better. I love your writing, but this series really got me. I would love to know when you have a new series.
Also wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas
Love and Blessings
Toni