It was interesting to wrap a bow around what has been one of the most challenging and interesting years of my life. The last month of the year, December, really did a great job of that because of how much we were surrounded by, and spent time with, family and friends. A great friend, Alison, who I met back in college and is moving from California to Georgia, stopped by on her way to visit her mom in Virginia. I hadn’t seen her in about two years, so we had her over for dinner and the Dunlaps joined us as well. It was so awesome catching up and laughing as…