December Reflections Good evening Sipsters! During December, I curl under a blanket with my favorite mug of tea to reflect on my past year and envision the next. This tradition allows me to engage in a lengthy process of gratitude while also sifting through the year’s shortcomings. And I must say; 2021 was hard! We thought that after creating a vaccine in record-breaking time, we would be free from the hold of COVID-19. However, we have seen the emergence of variant after variant with rampant vaccine hesitation and misinformation. With this ever-present threat in the backdrop, I experienced many setbacks. I didn’t get into medical school, something I had been…