When I was telling  my firstborn  that it has been so much fun and surprising recently that I have re-discovered old friends and relatives via the blog (I “found” Jr. High friends a couple of weeks ago; just yesterday a sister-in-law from Oregon I haven’t seen in almost a year  left a comment and earlier this week a cousin I haven’t seen in over 30 years “stopped by” as if no time has passed),  Tara said, “Yes-blogs are like the ultimate really long Christmas letter – everyone can just go there and catch up.”

After all my years making fun of those long, newsy and not-usually-very enthralling Christmas letters, I just found out I am writing the ultimate one.

Aaaaaaarrrrgggghhhhhhhhh…….