Well, 2013 was a rollercoaster of a year for me. There were some great highs but an awful lot of lows that really made this a tough one for me. Losing my father-in-law was probably the hardest thing to go through. I looked up to that man so much and he gave me such great advice and encouragement. To watch him fight the good fight and then lose to something other than the cancer, was gut-wrenching. However, to see my wife's family pull together and know I was a part of them, helped a lot. As did this Christmas. This was the first one without him and was going to be especially hard for my mother-in-law. Helen (my wife) and I had her and my brother-in-law over here for the holiday where we decked out the place and managed to create a magical Christmas in which it felt like he was right there with us the whole time. We all felt his presence, and that made me feel so much better. My debut novel "The Bridge" came out and 14...
