2007

Today marks the end of 2006, for all of us there have been successes and perceived failures, rewards and punishments, gains and losses, additions to family and losses of family. We have made some new friends and lost some old ones, we have traveled down old paths with old results and tried some new paths with new results.

For keepers and myself, we have lost contact with people we thought we had found again, we have found others we had no idea even existed a year ago. We have family members who seems like strangers and strangers who have become our new family. We have watched a web site go from an attempt to sell art to a website which has become a legally recognized charity selling nothing but instead offering support in many ways to other multiples and abuse survivors.

We lost our dear Shakespeare after 18 years and gained a little baby girl goat on a farm in Indiana that Concrete Angel named Little Keeperskorner. We have had children stay away, come back in our lives, then leave again but we have had bloggers and emailers evolve from just that to brothers and sisters in arms who are taking this journey to recovery with us.

We went to a new webmaster who developed a new site for us and now at the end of 2006 we have moved to another webmaster to maintain our site and take it from where it is now to where it will evolve to next. The newest webmaster is the first webmaster we ever had, what goes around comes around?

Keepers are getting dental work done they have needed for years, it all began in 2006 when out of necessity they had to overcome their fear of dentists which was well justified I might add, and we found some excellent dentists who will complete the job in 2007! Keepers have all pulled together with the dentists help and kindness to achieve this.

In 2006 my mentor at work announced his retirement in 2007, March 30th, and that means I have 3 months left to pick his brain for any information I may need to carry on after he enters retirement.

Keepers and I know each of you have had your ups and downs in 2006 and we can only wish for each of you a markedly improved 2007, full of joy and success and continued recovery. We will be here, hopefully you will be too, to encourage and be encouraged, to help and find help, to give and receive, to grow as never before.

To each of you we extend our wishes for a Happy New Year, a Blessed New Year, and a Prosperous New Year.

May you all be in the Grace of God now and always

John and Keepers