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@@ -113,16 +113,16 @@ In June, we went to Montreal to celebrate Carla's birthday. It was our first apa
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-In August, we celebrated O's 3rd birthday on the plane to Berlin, concluding about a week of parties with friends and family in New York. ~Eight months earlier, we joined a home exchange group on Facebook and began searching for a match for a week in August when we had no childcare.
+In August, we celebrated O's 3rd birthday on the plane to Berlin, concluding about a week of parties with friends and family in New York. He's such a thoughtful, loving kid, and getting sillier by the day.
 
-We happened upon a family from Berlin that was planning a big American vacation and our dates lined up!
+~Eight months earlier, we joined a home exchange group on Facebook and began searching for a match for a week in August when we had no childcare. We happened upon a family from Berlin that was planning a big American vacation and our dates lined up!
 
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   <figcaption>This cat who hung out behind our Berlin flat looked so similar to our cat at home, Ghost, I think it may have given O unrealistic expectations for vacation cats moving forward</figcaption>
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-As hosts, we loved seeing this family enjoy our immediate neighborhood and explore the city over the course of ten days, and left out plenty of games and sports accessories for their kids.
+As hosts, we loved seeing this family enjoy our immediate neighborhood and explore the city over the course of ten days, and left out plenty of games and sports stuff for their kids.
 
 Not paying for lodging can also unlock new experiences: my parents decided to drop in for part of the trip because we had space for them to stay. Some highlights included a visit to Neuremberg to see the [DB Train Museum](https://dbmuseum.de/en/highlight-tour) and the [Playmobil FunPark](https://www.playmobil-funpark.de/en/) at Zirndorf, and the [German Museum of Technology](https://www.museumsportal-berlin.de/en/museums/deutsches-technikmuseum/) (below) in Berlin.
 
@@ -142,19 +142,19 @@ It was nothing short of a dream job: I got to do open source work full-time with
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-It has been such a pleasure working with everyone at Apollo and the wider open source communities I've gotten to spend time with, and I've learned so many things from this experience I'll carry forward in my career. The future is incredibly bright for Apollo and the GraphQL community writ large.
+It has been such a pleasure working with everyone at Apollo and the wider open source communities I've spent time with, and I've learned so many things from this experience I'll carry forward in my career. The future is incredibly bright for Apollo and the GraphQL community writ large.
 
 ## Tudum
 
 One last bit of news: today is my first day as a Senior Software Engineer at [Netflix](https://netflix.com)! I'll be working on the XD Design Engineering team building the Design Platform API with some incredible colleagues, and I couldn't be more excited about it.
 
+## Quarter century complete
+
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   <figcaption>Taking a stroll through Riverside Park, February 2024</figcaption>
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-## Quarter century complete
-
-
+I'll end on a note of gratitude and anticipation: there are some _very_ exciting things on the horizon in 2025... We're so grateful for the past 12 months we've shared, and for everyone who made them special.
 
-From my family to yours, I hope you have a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year. ♥️
+From our family to yours, we hope you have a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year. ♥️