In about ten minutes, I’m climbing into the van with two of our daughters and three of our grandchildren for a Road Trip!! We are headed to Omaha to celebrate the first birthday of grandchild Number Ten, Nola Serenity Long. It is a huge event. We will evidently be wearing tutu’s and top hats. I’ll post pictures. At least pictures of my tall, slender daughters and my sweet little granddaughters. I’m feeling a little like Miss Piggy on Pointe, but we shall see.

On the five and half hour trip, the girls and I will solve all the problems of the world and compose about half a dozen novels in our conversations. Do you wonder why Wendell is following in a separate vehicle? (Because, he has errands to run along the way. No, really.)

Tonight, we will leave the birthday baby home in her bed while we grownups (and a few grandchildren) take in a Broadway production of White Christmas at the Orpheum Theater in Omaha. That is the closest I’ll get to New York this year, so I am pumped!

But, the truth is, I’d be eager to jump in the car today if we were going somewhere no more exotic than the grocery store. I’m about to spend time with some of my favorite people in the world. Life doesn’t get much better.

See you in a bit, Charity Lynn!