From Sam

My wife, recently self-proclaimed as a ninja, stole the pics from the young person’s Thanksgiving last year that I was going to post. Go figure, a ninja stealing.....So speaking of ninjas, there is a swarm of metaphorical ninjas swarming around you Jess, but you need to remember that I really was a ninja. Many moons ago (like a year ago), I had a ninja uniform, climbing claws, a sword, a blow gun, and throwing stars. This ninja and his best friend John would climb down the tree outside my window and do silly ninja things in the big summer ninja night. And these ninjas were also caught peeing out their window by my mother after returning back to base after another mission. Real ninjas pee out of windows at night, they never use the bathroom. And speaking of trees, Jessica, you are married to a tree. We all know Mark’s size is tree-like. When I get the Mark man-hug, it’s like hugging a big tree, so solid and strong. So when this tree tells me that it’s going to OK, it feels better than any other words from anyone right now. Because I know that this tree is the center of this obvious groundswell of unstoppable positive energy that is everywhere around you right now...could you have anyone better at your side right now ? So know that there is a massive amount of love coming from this Vermont half-Jew sapling....know this, and know that, just as your tree has proclaimed, it is going to OK.