My holidays, while not quite as restful as I'd have liked, were refreshing. Now that my two oldest offspring are off to college & unlikely to move back home full time (we hope!), it's a joy to have them home during school breaks. January will not lack for contacts, either; the best part of the month will be this weekend, when all of my children & I will attend a parish retreat in the Smoky Mountains. Everyone's musical talents come out to play, as will our ambitions to ascend to the top of the mountain on which we'll stay. My plan this year is, regardless of what else goes on, to get up there myself for the first time! One group of adults climbed to the top and held a wine & cheese celebration when they reached the summit; that's who I plan to trek with if they repeat this event.
Hope everyone is keeping warm in this colder than usual winter weather!
