It's been two years since our last Christmas card. I couldn't write one last year. Our lives were moving so quickly that I couldn't begin to think about trying to synthesize it into something legible, nor did I want to. I thought that in two years, there would be a broader story arc… 
I figured our lives would slow down, as I couldn't imagine how it could get faster. 

Boy was I wrong. I took over 60 flights this past year alone. Mollie wasn't far behind. That's about 5 flights a month. Including 4 trips to Europe and 1 to Australia. Not to mention our third cross-country road trip by car from Oregon to Florida, hugging the southern border of the United States. In summary, coming out of COVID, we wanted to travel, in 2023 we traveled nonstop. Both have their merits; too much of either is exhausting. Be careful what you wish for.

Trying to cover all that's happened in the last two years would be a fool's errand. Instead, we have selected a few reflections from this period to provide insight into our lives.