Dear subscribers,

I wish you a holiday season filled with peace, joy and love.  Now that most of the gift giving is over, my wish for you is that you will use gratitude to keep you in that joy-filled state.  Pre-Christmas is often a flurry of shopping, wrapping and baking.

Now the hard part is over.  Next comes being with family and friends and really being grateful for who they are, who family is and isn't and who you are.