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Dear Reader,
It's the last Chocolate Chip Cookie Giveaway until the New Year! I'm ready to bake. Are you ready to dunk?
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When you click on the cookie link, you'll also see the thank you that Ms. Anderson's entire second grade class at North Liberty Elementary School sent. (It's very cute. You'll love it!) Abigail, my Flat Stanley buddy was one of last month's cookie winners. The kids will vouch that my cookies are pretty amazing.
The unexpected "gifts" I receive from readers every day are delightful. Christy's email (below) was pretty amusing. She's a worrier, just like me. Thank you so much for taking the time to write. (To see the "Worry" column that Christy wrote about, go to: http://tinyurl.com/6ooxja )
From my Email Bag:
"Suzanne, thank you for sharing your worries, and lack thereof, with us. I, too, am a worrier. While I have little sayings tacked around me such as 'Worrying does not empty tomorrow of it's troubles, it empties today of it's strength,' so I can rationalize away many of my worries during daylight hours when I can concentrate, it's when my mind wakes up at 3:00 a.m. convinced (for example) 'the pain in my back is not the result of overexertion in the garden yesterday but some fatal disease' that I am powerless to stop it.
My husband is not a worrier, which is fortunate as I worry more than enough for both of us, and, bless him, he has learned to hold me and murmur, 'it's okay, it'll be okay' in his sleep. But others will tell me, 'stop worrying' as if it were that easy. I'd love to stop worrying! If you find the switch to turn it off, please let me know.
Thanks again, and I hope you are feeling better soon. Or maybe not too soon? Whatever is best for you, I hope you receive that. Now I'm worried I've bothered you."--Christy
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read (and worry) with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
http://www.DearReader.com
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