Wonderful letter, @ericvancewalton. It made me feel really emotional, especially reading about your dad. What a tough tough year to have an elderly parent. I haven't read your past blogs, but I can only imagine what you've been through, and that you haven't been able to see him due to risks to his health.
Congrats on finishing your book. I wish I had written in my letter: take the coming year to write a book. It's probably the only time in your life it will truly make sense to shut out the world to do so. Then I wish I had a time machine and could go back and read it. Ha ha.
Thank you @jayna! It certainly has been a tough one. My father had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's a few years ago and was declining significantly from a cognitive perspective, then caught Covid while in a rehab facility after a car accident.
Thanks for the kind words about the book! This was my ninth but I'd never had a chance to dedicate that much time to a project and it was wonderful to be able to do that. Thanks for your comment! Where in MN are you? We live in the Twin Cities.
So sorry to hear about your dad's situation, @ericvancewalton. That must have been terrible.
Ah, so you're also in the Twin Cities. I'm in the western suburbs of Minneapolis. How about you?