Our 2023 Holiday Letter to Family and Friends Near and Far

December 2023

Warmest holiday greetings to our family and friends near and far! Ron and I have experienced many gifts and blessings this year. Included is Ron’s greatly improved health and a very noticeable diminishment of symptoms related to the statin induced necrotizing myopathy that he was diagnosed with last year. Ron has been able to resume projects around our home and enjoy a return to most activities that were not possible before. We are so grateful! 

And in 2023 we made up for the limitations of the previous year with camping trips to Central Oregon and the Oregon coast and Lopez Island, travels to Victoria to visit Kevin and Arlyne and Ethan and our Canadian family and also to Colorado to visit Ron’s sister Roxane and her husband Curt, and our week long trip to Oaxaca during Dias De Los Muertos – which was truly extraordinary! Of course, it also continues to be such a joy for Ron and myself to be Grandpa Ron and Grammie to Audrey (4), Ethan (5), Eleanor (6 ), Carsten (7), and Oliver (8). They are each so precious, so beautiful, so loved. And now Matt and Rubi are soon expecting their first child! We are all so excited to welcome baby Mateo to the world! 

As we are all aware, these times are also deeply sad. Ron and I are acutely aware of the suffering of humans and other beings near and far. There is so much and it is hard to hold. Gratefully, there are many antidotes to the sorrows of our hearts and the heart of the world – beauty, activism, laughter and joy, connection and belonging, healing and transforming trauma, nature and consciousness of all that is sacred, compassion and gratitude and love. 

Through life’s many challenges and heartbreaks, Ron and I remain connected with our loving family and friends, gratitude and beauty, and consciousness of how blessed we are. May you too be blessed with loving connections and what most nourishes your heart and soul. May love be your guiding light. 

With love...❤ Molly