It’s been a while since I've posted. Not so long that I’ve forgotten you, but likely long enough that you have forgotten me. 2018 is just a few hours away—another complete rotation around the sun. I’m a holiday season junkie – cookies, songs, boxes, packages, bows, twinkling lights, cider, peppermint, trees, ornaments, turkey . . . I love it all, but melancholy is never far away. It lives just below the surface of my holiday spirit and joy. It could be that from Thanksgiving