Welcome to the year of giving books. At least that's what I plan to do. At the end of every month, I want to give at least one book to a needy school. Perhaps you'd like to do the same to help out a struggling school library. Another thing I hope to do this year is to become involved with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Since starting in 1995, they have given away more than sixty million books! That's something I must find out more about. If you want to, visit their website at https://imaginationlibrary.com/.

The last two years have been very difficult for me. First, my mother dying beside me in a terrible car accident and then my father-in-law passing away just after Christmas in 2015. I know they are in a better place, but it is still difficult to live through the loss. I hope that this will be a year of peace and happiness for me and for you.