What have I been up to the past four months? Obviously, not writing. Definitely living a life, painful and joyful. In November we celebrated my birthday in Disneyland! Samantha made a montage: Just before Christmas, Alyssa was attacked just off her college campus, crossing the parking lot of her apartment complex. I was tangential for awhile but also deeply grateful. She had taken a self-defense class and recalled the defensive moves with clarity and some with intuition. It was miraculous. She escaped the attack with scrapes and bruises and sore muscles. She was jumpy for about a week and then she got her LDS mission call to Washington D.C. South. Again, Samantha made a montage that includes her opening her call then the family pictures we took across the street from the Missionary Training Center. It's a rather touching tribute from sister to another. It makes me cry. To be honest, my eyes seem to be sweating a lot these days. Dropping her off at the MTC was one of the hardes