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For personal reasons, I've been neglecting my blog and writing. My dad recently had a kidney transplant and his surgery/recovery has been my main focus. Now that he's home we're more comfortable managing his blood pressure, temp, diet, blood glucose levels, his 20+ pills and the twice-a-week doctor visits to Stanford. Believe it or not, it's become easier and life can start getting back to normal. Thank goodness!

I'd also like to thank those selfless enough to become organ donors. It's the greatest gift anyone can give and I'm proud to say I'm an organ donor. And while we don't know the identity of my dad's donor, I could never begin to thank the donor and his/her family for this gift. And of course, thank the surgeons and nurses who cared for my dad.

While I haven't been able to tap away on my novel (I just couldn't nor did I want to bring a laptop to G2S during visiting hours), it doesn't mean I haven't been thinking and reworking the novel. During my hours not spent at the hospital I forced myself to wield a good old fashion pen and legal notepad. Mapping out the novel by hand reminds me of those flow charts teachers assigned us in high school. You remember the days when we had to turn in the notes plus the completed essay. While I love my laptop I'd forgotten how comforting a pen and notepad can be.

Happy writing and living.