Learning and understanding

Whew!  What a year was 2014!  First off, many, many wishes for a wonderful holiday season and a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2015.  May things get better and better as time goes on for you, your families and all your friends.  I'm very happy, as you may guess, that I'm here to send emails at this time of year.  I've included what I'm calling the "official post-surgery picture" -- which was taken in early September, 2 months after my operation, and the day after the last of the surgical tubes and drains were removed.  My doctors (and my friends) all agree that I do not look like I've been through hell, and for that I'm thankful.      There were several special things about this year.  In March, I celebrated 15 years with the Government of Canada, along with one of my friends.  We collected our service awards a month apart (hers was in February.)  I never expected to get a long service award ever in my career, but here we are, marking 15 y