New Year's Restitutions

To M and J: sorry for all the craziness in 2006. My new word for 2007: mental health (technically two words). You bring me joy, even when the toast lands honey-side-down in the yard.

To J and R: thanks for blessing us with a part in the process of forming little humans. Sign me up for another "Night with Grandpa" (see new word above).

To D and E: thanks for sharing your first night in your own home with me. Don't know how to make up for that but will try.

To A: wish you were with us more but someone has to do what you do (except Quakers, Mennonites, Amish, and Jehovahs Witnesses). Stay safe.

To family and friends: I can't ever repay your kindness and love this past year. But I'd like to try.

To V: You would be so proud of them all. Thinking of you, this week of our 33rd anniversary.