Happy New Year to everyone joining my on this journey! I hope you took the time to reconnect with family in whatever way possible, and that you maintain the bonds of love and friendship not only this year but into the future, as well.

I’m happy to announce that a new installment of the mini series “The Challenging Reality” will be going up next week here on S.D. I will also be posting a personal update sometime in the near future, along with more “Thought for the day” posts and the #weeklysmile. I encourage more people to join in on the Weekly Smile, too, as I think it’s a wonderful way to remind everyone that the world is what you make of it.

On my author site, I will begin posting a few excerpts from my new poetry book The Ocean’s Made For Swimming . There will also be some surprising updates there, too. So stay tuned! The next few months will be very interesting.

Finally, I hope you took the time to read up on the special post I shared from Illumination of Metatron about the “Christmas star”. While there are dark days ahead for the world, it’s up to us to decide whether or not we’re going to let that bring us down. It’s up to us to decide whether we are truly loyal to Heaven or not. I’ve made my choice, and I will stand by it. You are a beautiful soul. Don’t let them take your light away.

• E.W.