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Happy Birthday!..HOpe you have a great one

Wrapping gifts is a favorite part of Christmas to me. I find myself getting nostalgic as I wrap. I was one of the lucky ones that had five siblings and very warm parents that believed in making Christmas all about family. Reflections seem to take up a lot of my free time during the Christmas seasons. I remember my siblings and cousins as kids and all the great times that we had. When I'm wrapping I feel that a part of me is adding some of that heartfelt nostalgia to each gift hoping that the receiver feels a part of that warmth as they unwrap it. I'm not a snooper. My hubby and I put one gift under the tree for each of us and it's a total surprise. The rest is for family and friends. What they give us is always a surprise also. I have Christmas music playing in my house anytime the telly is off during the holiday season. People expect it. There's always something baking also unless I'm caught up which is not very often. My heart squeezes at times when I think of my parents not being there to share it with us anymore, but I'm the one that does our family Christmas now so I feel that they are there in spirit glad that I'm trying to keep the family together. It's the time of year where all differences are put aside and we spend the day enjoying good food, company and a lot of reminiscing. "don't have to tell ya'll. I LOVE Christmas."

After giving it much thought and thinking of so many wonderful stories, I have to go with Porcupines by Cole Matthews. I watched this story progress and the author hone his skills as he made his way through this story. It cultivated a loyal audience and the author continued to improve as this wonderful story progressed.

The interaction between your characters keep me enthralled throughout the story. Even with all the horrible things on the horizon, the story never made me stop reading. I'd love to see a little more of what happened . Great take on the Antho theme.

Christmas AND HEA. It doesn't get any better than that. That four legged friends always add to an already wonderful story. Great job Addy.

I certainly hope you are going to write Marc and Peter's story. You kept the reader in limbo wondering who Aiden was and that's a good thing. Great job with the theme!

Everyone of these songs bring back a lot of memories. Good and bad. Thanks for sharing.

I agree with all that Lisa said. Wouldn't it be great tho if all would do as Randy did and use his misfortune to help others? Good job James.

Byram is practically in my back door if you go through the woods. You find out throughout life that there's a lot of people dealing with bad things and for some reason he helps us to deal with our own issues.

LIfe deals some harsh blows and this experience is one of the worst. The choices we make are influenced by things that happen.

This is so damn funny. As much fun the second time around as it was the first.

What a beautiful and heartwarming story. You took an awful situation and turned it into a HEA story which just happens to be my favorite type of story. Thanks for sharing.

I think I would've called her a witch myself.

Sweet. Great introduction to your characters and storyline.

I would love for Peter to find real happiness. Great story for the holiday season and as always Wayne, excellent job.

Happy Birthday Wayne!!!!! HOpe it's a wonderful day filled with happiness !!!!!

Hi and welcome.

Every weekend in December is planned for me. The first one is finishing my Christmas shopping. The second is making sure all is wrapped, all decorations are in place and start planning for the family Christmas which is the next weekend. Grandson will arrive to stay as soon as he gets out for the holidays on the 19th and will stay until after the New Year. From Christmas Eve through the weekend, it will be Christmas at my house. I enjoy all of it though. We do a lot of bonfires, walk in the woods and I always keep my fingers crossed for ice cold temps and snow.

Thanks to all of you for sharing your time and talent.

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Happy Birthday my friend. HOpe you have a great one and celebrate in your favorite way. Hugs and wishes for many more years of happiness..

Happy Birthday Mikee

Happy Birthday Louis ! Hope your day is filled with wishes and dreams coming true !

Awww, I'm so glad Jack was the brother. Short and sweet and I love a feel good story anytime. Thank you!!!

I hope Jason makes it a point to get Devyn to talk to him this weekend. There's so much not being seen and said that Jason should be aware of. Lyle and Jason huh? Maybe between the two of them, things can get better.