Thankfully, this will be my last article for 2012. Unlike many people who make a profession out of writing, I truly struggle putting keyboard to screen. You would think that as much as I like to talk, that writing would be easy – not the case.

So, as I sit here trying to pull thoughts out of my head to share, what continues to rise to the forefront is how blessed I am. Last evening, I participated in an informational meeting at Marengo City Hall to share the vision of a full interchange at Route 23 and I-90 as well as what could be the future along that corridor.

Given that my mother’s family settled in Harmony in 1870 per our family records, and my grandmother’s family settled closer to Huntley, those two communities hold a special connection to me. While my lifelong memories include many of McHenry County’s municipalities, those two communities have many of my relatives still living there. As with many multi-generational families throughout the county, you cannot go anywhere or say anything because you never know who is related to whom.