At this time of year, it is good to take a look back and begin counting our blessings.  I have too many blessings to count.  With all the family and friends I enjoy being around on a regular basis, life is very good for me.

I would especially like to express a holiday greeting to all the readers of this blog and listeners of my podcasts.  When I began attending Fishers Town Council meetings in January, 2012, I had fairly low expectations on how the enterprise would do.  Perhaps a few government geeks like me would read it and maybe I would provide a service to those folks.

What has happened over the past six years has been a big surprise to me.  Reviewing my analytics on the number of people visiting this site reminds me of how many local people rely on my news blog for the latest on what is happening in Fishers.  It is quite humbling for this retired civil servant that spent about 10 years in journalism early in my working life, to see those analytics numbers on the number of accesses to this site.

After nearly six years of writing this blog, I did begin to explore winding down some of my volunteer activities (as you can see, there are no ads here, this blog and the podcasts are a labor of love).  When I wrote a short piece saying that this news blog could come to an end, I was bombarded with messages asking me to continue.

I knew how many people were reading and how often people were checking my blog, but I never knew how much people cared, until that moment.  I had no choice but to continue this blog and my podcasts.  I appreciate all the messages received urging me to continue.

One last thing – I am blessed to have a wonderful wife and two outstanding daughters.  I can assure you there would be no LarryInFishers.com without the full support of my lovely wife Jane.  She even covered an important event when I was under a contractual obligation to be out of town.

Thank you Jane, Allison & Mary for brightening my life for yet another Christmas season.  And thanks to all of you for reading and supporting LarryInFishers.com.  2018 looks to be another busy year for Fishers.