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Hi, everyone.

It's Jenny.

Here we are.

Somehow we've made it to that strange, quiet pocket of time between Christmas and New Year's.

It is that week where the world feels like it's holding its breath, kind of, and I've got to be

honest, I'm right there with it.

I've been doing what one does at the end of the year.

I've been reflecting and sitting with all that has happened this past year, maybe even looking

through some of my old journals, looking back at the last 12 months and wow, 2025. What a ride. If I had to sum it up, it was a year for me of

expansion, a year of throwing caution to the wind, really allowing myself to lead not just myself, but also getting comfortable

leading others in some helpful way, hopefully. It's been a time of pushing past the comfort

zones I tended to hang out in and sitting in unknown territory with new unknown people all around me.

It wasn't always comfortable because, you know, growth rarely is.

And it doesn't come in a gift wrap box with a bow, unfortunately.

It usually comes through looking at the hard truths and realizing that healing isn't, none of this is a sprint.

It's all a marathon.

This year asked a lot of me.

It asked me to show up when I was exhausted.

It asked me to listen even when the answers weren't what I wanted to hear.

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