Greetings from Children's Hospital! Nothing much new to report here, but I wanted to say hello. How's school? How's reading? Writing?

I know I told you about the last book I was reading - it was Parched by Heather King. It was pretty good, but by the end, it got a little bit more religious. Hmmmm, that's not quite it. It's just the author started to feel more spiritual maybe and she talked less about other things. I recommend it, though. Interesting to get into the mind of this woman.

Now I'm reading Michael Crichton - State of Fear. I am really enjoying it - it is so quick to read even though it's 600+ pages. It's about environmental issues - global warming/climate change. It provides a lot of scientific information, and a lot of that information flies in the face of everything you may have heard in the media about global warming. I don't know what to believe! Which is good . . . I like when books really make me think, especially about issues that are important and I feel a bit ignorant about them.

Have you done your selfless acts yet? I'm still working on mine. I think I have an idea, though. It's going to be a little bit hard to do, because it requires me to swallow my pride and give up a revenge fantasy and really forgive someone I've been holding a grudge against for a long time. . . Wish me luck. Good luck to you, too.

I hope you are all doing well. I miss you. I'll keep in touch.