I want to wish you health, happiness and the reminder that less is more. Thank you for being with me this past year both online and in person. The connections I have made and relationships I hold dear have been some of the best gifts of 2022.

I have thought of you all often as I have taken the last month and a half “off.” I laugh a little to myself in writing that, as this time as been so full (and a bit arduous at times) that it has hardly felt like a respite.

I’ve been thinking a lot about gratitude this week. I do that, in times of recent tragedy, loss and overwhelm.

It’s an interesting thing, breath. Voluntary or involuntary? In through the nose and out through the mouth? Soft belly breaths or deep breaths? “Just breath”?

Jaque clears her throat and starts lecture. “How many of you believe that EVERYONE should exercise?”