We hope you enjoyed our November issue of This Awful Awesome Life. Thanks for reading and thanks for your continued support and understanding.
We wish everyone a happy holiday and a joyous New Year. The vaccine is here and by spring it should be available to the general public.
In the meantime, we must remain vigilant about wearing masks and social distancing.
A new normal is coming, but we must be patient and grateful for the essential workers who have kept our communities going.
Let’s take a moment to remember the nearly 18 million cases of COVID-19 that have been diagnosed in the United States, the people whose lives have been forever changed, and the 318,000 American lives lost to COVID-19 this year.
Our pie this month is Maple Pecan Pie made with my favorite flaky crust recipe. We have a wrap up of the Twelve Months of Pie that includes all the links for the recipes we used. Linda Cahill has some great recipes for the holidays and Christian Joyce is back with four more albums for your playlist.
We’re looking at the ugly Christmas/Holiday sweater and its place in our celebrations. I share more streaming recommendations and some books you and your kids will enjoy. I reviewed In The Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming this month and we have a quiz about your favorite holiday movies. Are you going to make New Year’s resolutions this year? Going into 2021 during a pandemic can be unsettling, but now may be the perfect time to make positive changes in your life. If so, we have a few suggestions for you. Orlando Bartro shows us a new way to look at art.
Gift cards are always popular for the holidays, but what will you buy with the gift cards you receive? We’ll have a few planet-friendly ideas for items that can make your life easier in our January issue.
Samantha Sayers has been missing since she disappeared on August 1, 2018, after a day of solo hiking at Vesper Peak near Seattle, Washington. Sam was raised in the Erie, Pennsylvania area where her parents Ron and Lisa still live. Her family is exploring all avenues of inquiry to find and bring her home. In the face of such an enormous challenge, they have chosen hope. Please keep sending positive thoughts to Sam and her family. As promised, we will be displaying a yellow ribbon for Sam on the opening page of each issue of This Awful Awesome Life until she is home.
If you are a person of faith, please pray for her safe return to her family. Because we are an online publication, we can update this article with any news.
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Happy Reading,
Fran