Hello?  Hellooooooooo!

Back here, Serenity.

Wow!  This place looks so…so…empty!

I’m cleaning it out for the new year.
Had a lot of distractions over the last several months.
Decided to just clean decks and move forward.

Does that mean more stories about me?

You betcha.

Great!  I was getting kinda bored sitting there in the back of your mind.
No offense, Mr. D, but it’s kinda nerdy.  All you seem interested in is religion and comics and sci-fi and stuff.

Hey, now, I’ve been working on two upcoming YA books.
You’ll be seeing a lot more about them this year, too.

What about the rest of my crew?  Derek?

Still on deck.  Ditto Sally, Lori, Eddie, Tim, Kimberly –

=bleagh=

She loves you, too, Serenity.

We gonna be doing any fun stuff?

Sure will.  I’m picking up your story where vol. 10 of
the graphic novels left off, with summer break just about to begin.

Cool!  Say, remember that skiing accident I had in vol. 3 where
I broke my leg and was confined to bed for most of vol. 4?

Yeah.

Could you arrange for something similar to happen to Kimberly this summer?

Serenity…

Okay, okay, don’t get so grouchy!

Relax, you’re going to have plenty of time and
plenty of opportunities to interact with Derek.

Un-huh.  Uh, when you say “interact” –

I mean “interact”.
Don’t get ahead of yourself, Serenity.
Everything will unfold as it should.

That’s easy for you to say — you know what’s in store for me!

True, but I get the same questions about my future that you do.  I know God knows what is before me, and that if I have faith in Him everything will work out, but there are times when I don’t see how it can possibly work out, or even if I’m on the right path.  Those are the times when we have to rely more on our faith, even though our doubts work against us.

Right, Serenity?

Serenity…?

Huh?  Oh, sorry.  Your dialog was too long so I didn’t read it.

Thanx for the reminder.  I’ll try to keep it brief from now on.

So, we’re done here?

For today.  See you again real soon, Serenity.

C-ya / C-ren