I just celebrated a milestone birthday. While I don’t usually like big parties, for this one, I thought it would be fun to invite a bunch of my Victoria friends to a backyard open house for food and visiting. Thanks to my wife, my kids, and some good friends, we organized and enjoyed a super event! What a special gift to celebrate with so many people from so many different segments of my life. It left me pondering about the gift of human connection, friendship, the enjoym

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