We want to keep this brief since everyone seems to have something to do this season, either traveling to see family or off to see the world.

The past year has been a big one for Amanda and me. After 12 years together, we are finally living on the same schedule after my retirement from a 15-year journalism career and beginning a new adventure as a media specialist with Allegheny Health Network’s Simulation Teaching and Academic Research (STAR) Center. I really like this change of pace and most of all the time Amanda and I get to spend with each other now that I don’t commute from DC to Pittsburgh each week.

We did some traveling, some local, some international, and had an amazing time. We are want to say thank you to each of you who read our blog.  We’re not the biggest, we’re not staffed with an amazing team of professionals writing every day, but we love to share our stories and insights about and on the world. So, again, thank you.