You’d think, being a writer, that words would come easily to me, and in some instances they do, but at other times I struggle.  I’ve always found it difficult to know what to say when comforting the grieving or how best to ease another’s pain.  It’s almost as hard for me to find the right words to give thanks. 

I have been so incredibly blessed in my life in ways far and above anything I could have imagined.  Blessed by family, friends, my publisher, my agent, publicist, my staff, and by all of you in countless ways.  Tomorrow we celebrate Thanksgiving and I’ll be up at the crack of dawn stuffing the turkey with other women (and men) all across our country.  My children and their families plus assorted relatives will gather around our table and we will hold hands and offer a prayer of gratitude to God for the abundance He has supplied.  Let me say it in the simplest of terms.  Thank you for blessing my life, for your support, encouragement, and the joy you bring me.