This was perfect. I loved every sentence.

I'm a bit late with feedback, and everyone else has pretty much said it all. All I can do is second everything that was said above.

Especially all the comments of readers anxious for the next installment! haha. Three days down, and, if I understood correctly, only one to go! hyper

Today wasn't too bad, as I spent some time this morning with my daughter and grandkids putting up and decorating our Christmas tree, and the rest of the day making and freezing 8 dozen Pasteles (the Puerto Rican kind, if you're reading the article I linked to)

But tomorrow, I have nothing to do but sit around all day clicking the "Refresh" button. It's going to be a long day.

I'm especially interested in reading the conversation you preview up above. I got such a lump in my throat when I read that last line. mecry How *do* you manage to convey so much with just simple, understated prose? notworthy

"Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution" - Daniel Webster