December Highlights:
- Luke begins second season of Big Bear snowboarding team
- Celebrate mom’s birthday
- We see Chris Rock at Dolby Theater – a no-phone event
- Ventura Thomas fire wreaks havoc on Ventura and Santa Barbara counties
- Celebrate Christmas at my sister’s house
- Meet up with Benny and grandma Carol and visit San Diego Wild Animal Park for the first time
- Luke and Cat go to the LA car show
A Month of Gratitude
This month started out great – we celebrated my mom’s birthday, laughed at the Chris Rock concert, and I got a chance to meet up with an old friend in Ventura for lunch on the 4th while at the government center for jury duty — all positive ways to begin the month. But the morning of the 5th, that all changed as I awoke to learn about the Ventura Thomas fire and all the destruction it had caused overnight. For the next 2-3 weeks nothing would be the same.
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