Dear friends,   First off, I can’t believe I was able to write this on time, unlike the previous few years!! ;)   Secondly, this past year has been full of hard change—not just for me but for everyone.   In the middle of January, I had foot surgery to remove a vascular malformation that I was born with (I had it removed in 2010, but it grew back because it’s genetic).  Since it was on the bottom of my right foot, it caused a lot of pain to walk.   A week later after surgery, I noticed that the central line in my chest had a hole in it. [...]