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Month: December 2021

On Sophie’s evacuation, covid’s impact on marathon performance, a departed cousin, and how winter in most of Arizona is colder than you might think (Vol. xxv, No. 12)

December 31, 2021January 1, 2022 by Timothy Willis

Dear Family, One of the teachers at the middle school where Crystal works is from Ukraine. When Crystal mentioned to her a few weeks ago that our daughter was currently serving a mission there, the teacher’s response was unusually curt and brusque. “Not a good time to be in Ukraine,” was all she said. I…

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