TODAY WE ARE JOINED BY MY DEAR FRIEND JULIE, WHO TOOK MY CHALLENGE ABOUT CHOOSING A WORD FOR 2017.  SHE IS A MOTHER OF TWO GROWN DAUGHTERS AND ONE GRANDCHILD.  SHE ALSO HAS AN ADOPTED SON AND HIS WIFE AND TWO MORE GRANDDAUGHTERS.  JULIE IS A PREACHER’S WIFE AND RECENTLY RETIRED FROM BEING A DEPUTY … More GUEST POST BY JULIE PALERMO