My wife Becky continues to be a musical force in Northern Virginia, directing a total of five choirs, teaching and leading music in various capacities throughout the state. Older daughter Amy has worked her magic teaching fourth graders at Signal Hill Elementary School for sixteen years, while younger daughter Alyssa styles herself “the HR Lady” at TML, a Xerox Company in Manassas where she recently became a vice president. Amy and Alyssa both married men named Chris: Chris Brown sets up aerospace conferences, while Chris McGee works at Fenwick Library on the campus of George Mason University. Chris 2.0, as we call him, recently earned his Masters in Information Science. Nacho the Writer’s Cat keeps doing what she does best—eating, sleeping and providing companionship for a writer who otherwise would spend lonely hours crafting these stories.