Christmas season is a time to share and care with my family, the clients we serve, the staff I work with and others who are important to me. It is a reminder that my goals are not the end all, be all of my life. It is a time for me to reach out.

I am thankful for the 20 plus wonderful years that I have been married to Steve.Thank you for reading my newsletter. I appreciate the comments I received for the years.

I am not one who likes scary movies. I think life itself is scary enough. It might be that I find myself in enough uncomfortable situations that I don’t need to go looking for more.

When I graduated from high school, I had goals.  My goals were - to be a CPA, get married, be a partner in a CPA firm, own a nice house and have a family.

We are in the midst of summer; the days are warm and humid in Wisconsin. We just had a streak of 3 weeks where I stayed in the house and enjoyed the air conditioning. It was too hot for me to enjoy outdoors.

Are we free?  Free to live our life how we choose. Maybe. On July 4th we as citizens of the United States celebrate our independence from England.