I’m wondering how this year went by so quickly.  Certain years I’m glad to say goodbye too-to the trials that left a sour note.  Last New Year’s Eve, I remember gratefully toasting away the end of 2011.  We’d had a move, a new school, and a cancer diagnosis that took us all by surprise.  This year though, it feels like we’ve turned a corner.  Last year’s worry has been replaced by gratitude and a new understanding of how quickly life moves, and how fleeting time with our loved ones can be.  This year, I know my family will be toasting to the wonderful news that after a successful round of radiation treatment, my father is cancer free.  We just received the news last week-and it’s the best Christmas gift we could have ever asked for.  The gift of health, the gift of time, of being able to create more memories has just been handed to us.  My children will have more time with their Nonno, my mother will have more time with her husband, and I’ll have more time with my father. Growing up in a North-American-Italian family, the holidays were always filled with an abundance of family, food, and…

MacKenzie novella December 2012 On Sale: December 6, 2012 Featuring: Grant MacKenzie ISBN: 0015715884 EAN: 2940015715880 Kindle: B00AKCVNX6 e-Book (reprint) $0.99 Add to Wish List  Romance Anthology, Holiday Buy at Amazon.com Sweet short stories for the holidays A MacKenzie Christmas by Liliana Hart *This story was originally published in the All I Want for Christmas Anthology* Grant MacKenzie is ready to settle down and start a family. The only problem is the one woman he’s interested in doesn’t seem to be ready for the long haul. But fate lends Grant a helping hand in getting exactly what he wants under his Christmas tree. Previous Picks