I shouldn’t tempt fate by saying this, but 2011 has been the worst year Chris and I have faced in our 25 years together. I would even go so far as to say no other year comes close, not even the year my mom died, or my cancer year. This year has been full of a series of hard hits, an unrelenting string of tragedy and pain. Somewhere during the year, a happy event popped up. We were invited to the wedding of our friends Annie and Chet. Annie is from the United States an