There comes to each life at least one Betheltown.
But it comes only once and we dare not ask for more.
THE LOCKET
TWO DAYS AFTER THANKSGIVING I left on the road again. That same week I arrived in New York for another appearance on the Today show. My segment followed Martha Stewart’s. I was again interviewed by Katie. She asked how our new baby was. I was amazed that she remembered or cared enough to ask.
Simon & Schuster had set up a toast to celebrate the success of my book. Not five minutes into the party my publicist walked into the conference room. “I have an announcement,” she shouted above the din. “I just got off the phone with USA Today. The Christmas Box just passed Howard Stern on their list. The Christmas Box is now the number-one book in America!”
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A few days later I returned to Salt Lake City for the December 6 angel ceremony. Utah’s KTVX television had come down to my office to interview me before the event when they learned that I was waiting for the advance report from the New York Times. Their camera was on me when I learned that I had hit number one on the list.
