It's been a crazy two months for sure. I started out in November having back pain that radiated through my torso. Being the person that I am I tried to "tough it out" for as long as I could.

Toward the end of December, my newest books, Milo's First Christmas and He Turned My Mourning into Joy were both going strong. I was doing readings at schools (over 500 children heard the story of Milo at 3 different schools).

Then, with the pain more than I could bear, I went to the local nurse practitioner. She sent me immediately for an ultra sound. From there I was rushed to emergency surgery for my gallbladder to be removed. It seems I'd let it go to the point of it almost bursting.

From there I went home to recover, only to realize that somehow during surgery, they had pulled my back out in three separate places. The pain was agonizing.

And so, I have spent the last five weeks recuperating, rather than promoting my books and holding book signings.

This has been most frustrating, but then I realized, that the books are not mine to begin with, they belong to the Lord, and if He wants them to be a success, He will make that happen in spite of my frailty and humanness.

And so, I press on, writing a few things as I feel like it, and watching the reports coming in as individuals share with me how much these books have touched their lives.