Our best Christmas treat this year involved a family get-together for the first showing of a short film that's dear to our hearts.

We are happy to report having a wonderful FAMILY PREMIERE of CAKE: A Love Story in our Cineroom (the living room) on Christmas afternoon. There was standing room only (16 people) so some viewers had to sit on the floor.

Everyone clapped at the end of the movie – and they even applauded my introduction. Yay!

Two of our granddaughters actually teared-up during the film. And one of our grandsons, who’s a movie buff like me, told us how impressed he was with the filmmaking techniques.

Larry and I watched the audience as the movie was running. We could tell how much everyone enjoyed watching the short film that’s based on IT HAD TO BE US, an award-winning romantic memoir we wrote under the pen names of Harry and Elizabeth Lawrence.

It was truly one of the best Christmases we have ever experienced!!!

Thanks again to filmmakers Misha Zubarev and V. Ulea for making all this possible.