2021, what a wild ride. My initial goal was to read a book a week. I didn’t quite reach that goal but I can’t describe to you the growth I experienced in 2021. Books are a key way I learn and experience stories outside of my own, and as you’ll read below, I read a lot of incredible true and fictional stories. In my personal life I was working through a new relationship that has led to me getting engaged and married in 2022 as well as living the security of a full time job to pursue a career as a photographer. I want to personal thank anyone reading this for taking the time to care about what I am learning and how I am growing through the stories I’ve read.