This will be my final post for 2016! It’s been interesting to look back on the year, and to see it through different lenses. Everyone’s year has had its ups, downs, and changes, both good and bad. I strive to use every experience and every piece of information that has impacted me this year, towards a positive outcome and/or attitude. It hasn’t always been easy. As I reflect on some of the best moments from 2016, those are the ones I focus on as the year comes to a close. So

Schools were closed today, and they will be closed again tomorrow. I’m grateful for everyone working hard to get things back to normal. Despite the inability to move our cars this afternoon, Andy and I managed to trek up to the grocery store. It was refreshing to get out of the house and go for a walk. Upon our return, we noticed several neighbors at the end of our street chipping away and shoveling piles of snow. We agreed to help out. The street adjacent to ours had been pr