Merry Christmas to you, my fabulous and wonderful readers!

I hope that you can spend Christmas day with your loved ones, remembering that Jesus is the reason we celebrate Christmas. I hope that you find hope in this otherwise dark world, and a peace unlike anything you’ve experienced in your life.

I will be “out of the office” for the next few weeks on vacation in New Zealand with my family. We are all in need of a little change of scenery (and a break from the cold, Maryland air!). I hope to return feeling inspired and refreshed, ready to start 2012 as my best year yet! I’ll be taking my camera with me, and will share some images while we’re there. If you are on Twitter (@MelissaBarrick) or Instagram (@mbphotog), you can follow our travels there!  I will have limited access to e-mails and inquiries while abroad, so please be patient and I will answer all of your e-mails upon my return.

Merry Christmas and peace to all of you!

(A Little Christmas greeting from our little Camden George – now almost 8 months old!)