This week I’m thankful for…

• three-day weekends
• writing over breakfast at a local greasy spoon
• my little one who beaded a bracelet for me, complete with purple sparkly dolphin bead
• surviving another round of  parent teacher conferences
• the little girl on the swings who was writing in her notebook and pumping her legs at the same time
• vacation
• Edgar winner, Charlie Price, who asked me to show him some of my pages even after I busted his chops all afternoon at the local Author’s Fair.  Here’s Charlie accepting his Edgar with grace and humility.  I have a lot to learn from him both on and off the page.