Hello everyone! It's time for that annual tradition of totally copping out on sending physical Christmas letters and sending you this virtual version instead.
It's been a busy year in the Chase household! Central to all of our lives has been a significant renovation that has--as all construction projects do--taken twice as long to complete as was originally projected. Global supply chain, labour shortage... yadda yadda yadda. As you'll see in our Christmas card video below, we don't have a very inviting home for Christmas this year!
We're looking forward to having this concluded in the new year when we can forget all about the delays, the noise, etc, and just enjoy the results of the work.
As for each of us: Sacha has been active with hockey, soccer and school band in the past year (Winger, striker, and trombone respectively), as well as spending spare time playing PlayStation where his parents allow, and otherwise being forced into the usual domestic manual labour tasks around the house that can be expected of a 14-year-old boy.
Heidi has turned into an expert seamstress having been taking very enjoyable sewing classes all throughout the year, and is looking forward to adding a gymnastics class back into her repertoire come the new year. There will be a fair bit of skating and skiing in the coming winter months as well, so that is to be looked forward to!
Kate continues to be a stellar CEO of her non-profit, Nurture Society For Learning and Development. There have been some roller coaster moments in the past year as the government funding that is relied upon for the successful operation of her clinic (as in, the funding provided to families that allows them to take part in the effective therapy for their children) was announced as being removed by the provincial government. So, Kate had to think hard about how the funding model was going to work for her clinic going forward and spent quite a bit of time this year in a stressful situation of deciding how to remodel her business to work within the funding structure that was to come. Happily, just very recently the government reversed its decision around the funding model after a landslide of negative criticism from both service providers and affected families. Kate, therefore is ending off the year on a bit of a high note in that respect.
My work with Make-A-Wish continues to satisfy me greatly, with interesting leadership tasks put before me and a great communications environment in which to work. And, of course, at the end of the day, knowing that we are granting wishes to children facing critical illnesses is deeply satisfying. My activity levels have been lower than I would have liked this year due to an acute case of Tennis elbow which reaaalllly put a damper on rowing... or anything involving my arms, frankly! after multiple therapies and a slow and steady rehab regiment, I'm feeling optimistic about the new year!
And so we find ourselves at the end of 2022, very much looking forward to a completed renovation in the new year and continuing along with our various activities and working environments. Especially at the present moment we are looking forward to Christmas spent with my brother and sister and their families. We haven’t spent time together for several years now, and it should be a great reunion.
Whomever you happen to be spending Christmas and New Year’s with and whatever you're doing, we wish you all the best! Happy holidays, everyone!
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