This past week has been filled with celebrations. First we flew to the USA and made it here without any major misdemeanors and many masks:

Then we got to meet our precious new granddaughter Lena!

Of course, there was much to celebrate at being reunited with the rest of our family, too.

And before quarantining with our ‘bubble’ here in the Chattanooga area, we did get to give masked, socially distanced greetings to my father and Ashlee and Chris.

Then yesterday, a group of 15 other Christian writers and I launched a brand new Facebook Page called Her Novel Collective. We are a group of 16 award-winning, best-selling authors from around the world who are passionate about the written word. We represent a variety of keep-you-up-reading genres and have lots of fun planned for this Facebook page, starting with the next two weeks! We’ll be posting daily videos where our authors will introduce themselves to you, offering you a chance each day to WIN BOOKS! Our authors are:

I hope you’ll join this group and take part in the fun and the many giveaways. Today, in fact, I’m doing a brief video chat with two of the other gifted authors, Melissa Ferguson and Lindsey Brackett, and if you comment on the video, you’ll be entered to win a copy of one of our novels.

Finally, yesterday Paul and I celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary. I cannot adequately express my gratitude and delight at this gift from God, my Paul.

I’ve had many big things to celebrate this past week in the midst of all the upheaval in our world. But my prayer is that you and I can find many other things to celebrate daily: the love of family and friends, the ability to speak kindness and calm to those with whom we communicate, the hope of the Gospel, the extravagant love of our God who is never taken by surprise.

Blessings on you all!

ELIZABETH MUSSER writes ‘entertainment with a soul’ from her writing chalet—tool shed—outside Lyon, France. Find more about Elizabeth’s novels at www.elizabethmusser.com and on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and her blog.