People have been telling me for years I should write. Great
advice. Now what should I write? A romance novel? Based on what?
A murder mystery? The very thought of anything scary conjures
visions of the 2am hallucinatory dream where I wake my husband
and have him scour the house because I have seen a lanky man
with white hair wandering our hallway. a vision I made the
mistake of sharing with my three brothers at Christmas dinner
and will likely never live down. How did he not set off the
house alarm?   I use magic to answer far too many questions from
the quizzical minds of my two oldest kids. The tooth fairy, God,
Santa Claus. This year, my six year old wondered how Santa could
“make” Robert Munsch books. A solid question I thought. I had to
stray and let her know that sometimes when something is too
difficult to replicate, Santa has to special order specific
pieces, have them shipped to the North Pole and then deliver
them to us on Christmas morning. Imagine how much extra work
that must be for Santa. “You m