Terry Spear | Family—The Best Holiday Gift Ever!
October 8, 2015
I write about wolf shifters, and one thing they have in common with me is they love family,
just like real wolves. I was always close to my parents, and I raised my son and daughter on
my own, so I’m really close to them too.
I don’t have a big family. All I have left is my son and daughter and son-in-law. Never had
any cousins. Parents and my aunt are gone. And so that’s it. Just my son and daughter and
son-in-law.
They’re all young adults now, and for some years, they have been gone, living in other areas
of Texas or the country, though my daughter and son-in-law visit every Christmas, then
bounce to his parents’ house in the same area. But my son is with the Air Force, and for the
past several years, he’s had missions in Afghanistan during Christmas and he lives several
states away.
So truly, the best holiday gift ever was for both of my children and my daughter’s husband,
who is just as much a son to me, to be home with me for Christmas last year. I’m thrilled
that they will all be here again this year to make the holidays extra special. I was in
Scotland researching for new books, and my son happened to be stationed temporarily in
England and wanted to come up and join us on a trip, but he couldn’t manage until after we
left. If we are close by, even in another country, we want to make time to see each other if
we can.
Several years ago, the kids and my son-in-law were all here for Christmas, and my son said,
“Mom, are you sure the turkey’s cooking? I don’t smell anything.”
Sure enough, the turkey was sitting in a cold oven. The oven had decided to stop working.
Not to be thwarted, I thought we could cook it in the roaster oven. My son cut up the turkey
and we cooked half of it in the roaster oven, and then worked on the other half after that
with the lovely aroma of roasting turkey filling the air. We laughed and played games, and
watched Christmas movies, and talked and opened gifts.
The crazy oven fiasco just made Christmas all the more memorable.
I don’t remember all the gifts, except for the Japanese lions my son gave me after his tour
in Japan, but all that really mattered was the lovely time we all had together. I can’t wait
for the gathering of the pack again!
In my stories, no matter if they’re wolf shifters, jaguar shifters, or other kinds of
stories, family is so important.
Whether it’s Christmas or any other time of year, being there for each other means
everything.
GIVEAWAY
If you ended up with the Silver wolf pack in Silver Town, Colorado, what would you give
your favorite wolf for Christmas? Leave a comment below and be entered for a chance to win a
copy of A SILVER WOLF
CHRISTMAS.
USA Today bestselling author Terry Spear has written over two dozen paranormal
romance novels and medieval Highland historical romances. In 2008 HEART OF THE WOLF was
named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. A retired officer of the U.S. Army
Reserves, Terry also creates award-winning teddy bears that have found homes all over the
world. She lives in Crawford, Texas.
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IT'S A SILVER TOWN CHRISTMAS, AND THE WOLVES ARE READY TO HOWL
CJ Silver and his brothers have returned to Silver Town eager to reconnect with the pack.
And with the she-wolf newcomers renovating the old Victorian Silver Town Hotel, it looks
like the holidays are going to be very merry indeed.
Laurel MacTire and her sisters are excited to be living in a wolf-run town, but they have
another motive- to solve the fifty-year-old mystery of their aunt's disappearance. When CJ
gets a whiff of trouble brewing, his protective instincts kick in-now Laurel has a hotel
opening to prepare for, a mystery to solve, and a brawny wolf shifter underfoot. Perhaps she
should have resisted the temptation to kiss him so wickedly in the snow.
Comments
22 comments posted.
Re: Terry Spear | Family—The Best Holiday Gift Ever!
Whatever he desires (Marissa Yip-Young 5:43am October 8, 2015)
An outing extraordinaire. (Sharon Berger 12:20pm October 8, 2015)
WOW anything and everything he wants!!!! (Bonnie Capuano 12:23pm October 8, 2015)
Whatever he wishes, to the 100th Power! LOL (Felicia Ciaudelli 12:56pm October 8, 2015)
A very special Christmas! ;) (Colleen Conklin 1:07pm October 8, 2015)
I'd give him a special day together. (Janie McGaugh 3:28pm October 8, 2015)
that sounds like my first turkey I made and the last one I ever tried to cook. what would I give he I guess what wouldn't I give him. anything he wants and more. (Jennifer Beck 12:54pm October 9, 2015)
Can't wait to read (Kari Behune 5:06pm October 9, 2015)
I would give him the most wonderfulest day in his life. The best of the best! (Renae Kelly 6:32pm October 9, 2015)
Like most of the others, I'd give him the most and all I could give . I'd love to read this book of yours , it sounds like it will be a very good one . (Joan Thrasher 10:51pm October 9, 2015)
I would give him something personal that means something only to us. (Debra Guyette 3:58pm October 10, 2015)
I winter coat or sweater (Emily Stemp 5:46pm October 10, 2015)
I'd give him a cozy sweater to wear when he's not lupine. (Diane Sallans 10:23pm October 10, 2015)
Time to just be together. (Diana Thomas 11:00pm October 10, 2015)
I would crochet him something warm and also spend more time with him (Peggy Clayton 12:25pm October 11, 2015)
I am thinking a new wardrobe, he has to tear up a few things when he shifts!!! (LaCinda Jameson 1:53am October 11, 2015)
I gift card to a clothing store (Emily Stemp 1:16pm October 11, 2015)
Gift certificate to his favorite butcher (Eva Millien 2:01pm October 11, 2015)
Anything he wants. I hope I win I just love Christmas stories! (Denise Austin 2:52pm October 11, 2015)
a good steak (Lynn Anderson 6:22pm October 11, 2015)
that would be hard to say. I love to give gifts that I know my friends and family will love but never expect. (Larena Hubble 7:35pm October 11, 2015)
Accompany to an outing that he always love doing but I have never gone with him to. (Kai Wong 8:30pm October 11, 2015)
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