I can't believe it's been a year since the publication of The Raised! It has been an amazing ride! I remember the excitement I felt watching sales take off and keep going. There have been bumps and twists and turns all along the way but sharing my work with all of you has been the greatest experience of my life. Even those who don't like my writing have offered suggestions and thoughts and I've appreciated them all. Thank you to all of you and I hope I continue to bring you thought provoking words to read and you laugh, you cry, you think and you smile, you love and you hate. I hope I can bring you all the joys of reading that are the same as the joy I feel in writing.