Happy New Year

Hey, A,

Another storm, another year...

Just a quick note to say thanks...I've had a great year and you are a big part of all that was great. I have so enjoyed getting reconnected, and doing so here. What a bonus that in getting back in touch, that in feeling like I really know you again, I feel like a writer again, too.

Amanda, I feel like we both have a gift, this natural ability to string words together that some people long for. In simply sharing it with each other I feel like we are paying respect to that. What a waste it would be if we were crafting funny or poignant thoughts only in our heads.

What comes from my head or starts in my heart I am always comfortable bringing to our page, and I am eternally grateful to you for sharing this place to which I can show up day after day.

I hope 2009 is even bigger and better for us than 2008. What I look forward to most is sitting across a table and saying these things to you with my vocal chords, while my fingertips rest--around what will undoubtedly be one of the best cups of coffee of my life.

Love to you and yours,
Barb