Happy New Year!

And so another year and another decade come to a close. I look forward to what the next year--and 10 years--brings to us all.

In memorium the past decade; I still miss them all tremendously:


In the middle: Edith Whitten, my grandmother: February 3, 2000. She wanted to see the turn of the century, and she made it with a month to spare. She was 90 years old.

Second from the right: Bill Whitten, Sr. My father: July 5, 2002. He was 70 years old.

At right: Anne Carter Whitten, my mother: March 31, 2002. She was 68 years old.

The two on the left are still thankfully with us...Eric and JJ. This picture was taken in November 1994, when I was pregnant with Nicky. JJ was 2 years old. My, how the years have passed.

Here's to 2010...may the coming year be full of joy for all.