The illness mentioned in my last post lasted longer than I thought it would. I ended up being out of commission for several weeks. Thankfully I recovered in time for a planned, 4-day trip with my family over Christmas. While I didn't intend to ignore this blog for so long, I was forced to take a temporary hiatus and am glad to be back! Change is good sometimes At my son and daughter-in-law's suggestion, our family agreed to forego exchanging Christmas gifts this year and instead pool our money for a trip. Because we were not going to be home over Christmas, we did not put up a Christmas tree, didn't bake any cookies and were not home to participate in the Christmas Eve service at church. While those things are special, I have to say we had the most stress-free, easy going, quality time together for the … [Read more...] about Stepping Back to 1804