Here is a photo montage I created using pictures from Christmas 2012 at the Buzuvis family gathering.

If I were to look back on 2012 with my mortal eyes, I would say it was one of the toughest years Donna and I have ever had to slog through. However, when I view it through the eyes of eternity, I end up asking myself: “Would we be as close as we are as husband and wife if we had not had to fight our way through all of this together? Would I have realized what an absolute warrior the woman I married has inside of her if I had not seen her strength in dealing with all we had to face this year?”

While I never would have asked for the year that we had, now that I look back on it using my eternal eyes, I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

2012 *was* a good year…because we look past mortality and see it for what it truly was…a year “in school” for our eternal progression. And the more time that passes, the less we remember the hardships, and the more we remember the unity, closeness and strength we developed.

Here’s hoping that 2013 is even better…for us and for you. Happy New Year!