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Dear Reader,

I hope you enjoyed the exciting and romantic journey that Kylie and Austin went on. One of my favorite scenes in the book is the final one where Kylie, Mercedes, Austin and Robert have a very nontraditional Thanksgiving. Many of us have an ideal picture in mind when we think of the Thanksgiving meal, a room filled with extended family and a table overflowing with homemade food, lots of laughter, cooking together and positive feelings. While this ideal is wonderful and should be celebrated, not everyone experiences holidays like that because of geographic separation, strained family relationships or financial struggle. Our Thanksgiving might seem to fall short of that beautiful picture.

Because of circumstances out of her control, Kylie is not able to give Mercedes the Thanksgiving she pictured for their first holiday together. Yet she is able to find something positive about the moment—that she and Mercedes are together. Wherever you are this holiday season, with family, alone or with friends, celebrating abundance or facing financial hardship, in good health or struggling with sickness, I encourage you to let go of that picture we all carry in our heads of the “ideal” holiday season. Instead, ask God to open your eyes and show you what you truly have to be thankful for. You won’t be disappointed.