Dear Readers,

As we go to print this month with the February issues, I’m very close to having a radiation plan in place. I am so ready to have this put behind me, but I thank you all so much for your kind messages and prayers. I know I’m going to beat this, because I have faith, but your support helps keep me strong. Other news in my life — my soon-to-be 84-year-old dad has moved in with us! It has been a blessing to have him in our home and we’re grateful we can extend to him the love and hospitality he’s given to others, including us, throughout the years. Dad has settled in very nicely and he has his own space that he’s been making his own. We’re looking forward to celebrating his birthday later this month… As well as my daughter, Brooke’s! Brooke will be turning 29 on February 28th, and I cannot believe it. Parents, you understand. It’s surreal when it seems your babies were just babies, and then you blink, and they’ve turned into functioning adults! If you see Brooke at this month’s GNO, be sure to wish her a happy birthday!

We hope your 2019 is off to a great start! Did you pick up the 2019 issue of Forsyth Communityyet? We wrote about it in the January issue, and as our annual publication — it still has a long shelf-life! We hope you will make sure you get a copy and share it with friends. As always, we are so thankful to you, our readers. We are honored that our advertising partners choose us to market their business with us. And we have a dynamic team in place that contributes monthly content for you to enjoy! Not to mention, incredibly talented artists who make the magazines so beautiful every month. There are a lot of cogs in the wheel, but you are an important part of it. Please make sure you let our advertisers know you saw them in this month’s issue!