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e are so thankful for you our treasured friends and family we feel so fortunate to be surrounded by people we love here s to an epic 2023 for you and your family sincerely cory mel jackson dani and kylee posted by cory reese at 3 46 pm 83 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday december 14 2021 happy holidays from the reese family merry christmas and happy holidays from our house to yours for our family 2021 has been like eating a dozen donuts really awesome but also super challenging and something you absolutely never want to do ever again here s a brief rundown kylee ky is finishing her senior year at hurricane high school and is in the process of applying to dixie tech for their digital media design program i am constantly stunned by her artistic abilities in her graphic design classes she makes the most incredible album covers logos prints on clothing images and posters she is also an amazing painter and chef over the course of the year she became an invested fan of the real salt lake soccer team and went to many games kylee had an incredibly difficult year in january she was in a traumatic sledding accident where she broke her knee shattered her ankle and tore the ligaments in her knee after almost one year three major surgeries and countless physical therapy her knee has only gotten worse she has constant pain and swelling we took her to get a second opinion at primary children s hospital and the doctor confirmed that it hasn t healed right and he will need to start over with a completely new knee reconstruction it was a devastating diagnosis and lots of tears were shed by the whole family but we are hopeful that her new doctor will be able to get her back on track she just had her fourth surgery with the new doctor on december 9th and is beginning recovery a friend set up a gofundme to help with college expenses since she hasn t been able to work and save college money for the past year if you re interested that website is https gofund me bcb34df9 danica this past year dani graduated from high school and went on a senior trip to disneyland she said their motel was so sketchy that she shared a bed with a sewer roach i chose to not ask any more questions she went to state as part of the high school swim team and made the 2021 women s allstate water polo team i m certain that somewhere underneath her hair she has a pair of gills dani started her first year at dixie state university when i look at some of the science and math stuff she is working on it looks like pure gibberish she went to lots of rsl soccer games and has fallen head over heels in love with their goalie david ochoa she went on a college service trip to best friends animal sanctuary which she reports solidified how much she loves dogs and how much she hates cats this year dani got diagnosed with celiac disease and is no longer able to eat wheat or gluten understandably this has caused a gigantic shift in her lifestyle she says the hardest part was having to unfollow crumbl cookies from social media because their videos brought too much pain when she s not at school or water polo dani works as a cna at a local skilled nursing facility including spending time working in their covid unit jackson jackson is in his second year of classes at southern utah university he is working toward a degree in chemistry and is trying to do everything he can to be in a good position to apply for medical school his girlfriend is named organic chemistry and they spend all their time together i think this organic chemistry class has taken three years off his life the fact that people find this stuff enjoyable is unfathomable to me he uses his expertise and education by working part time in the suu water lab they do water testing for all of southern utah including local national parks prior to working at the water lab he worked for a community support program where he coordinated activities and job opportunities for teenagers with disabilities he loved the job though he came home on more than one occasion with deep indentations in his arm from being bit by one of his kids he is the treasurer for the suu pickle ball club he thinks that this sounds nerdy but i m confident that this makes him a certifiable babe magnet in super exciting news jackson has recorded a solo piano album which will be released in 2022 i have listened to the whole album and it is mind blowing when it comes to playing the piano his talent is off the charts melanie mel has managed to continue her 43 year streak of being seriously awesome she continues to work as a nurse practitioner for intermountain healthcare she provides care at a few skilled nursing facilities and like dani has had her share of time working with covid patients over the past year she truly loves her job and the people she works with her favorite hobbies are doing puzzles and cooking she has really stepped up her cooking game over the past year our family joke is that mel s most common phrase after she makes a meal is i could sell that and you know what she s right minestrone soup pasta primavera potato salad stir fry you name it she could sell it in october mel had a work conference in asheville north carolina i went along because her training went until noon each day then she had the rest of the day to explore we took a tour of america s largest home the biltmore estate we also spent a lot of time sight seeing on the blue ridge parkway and did some incredible hikes we loved checking out the river arts district and trying to eat our weight in mexican food mel has become quite the bird enthusiast and had a blast visiting the bear river bird reserve to see countless great blue herons our favorite sunday morning tradition is to walk to a wildlife pond 5 5 miles away to feed the ducks look at the herons and egrets then walk back home with a stop at a coffee shop conveniently located on our route cory in june i released my third book stronger than the dark exploring the intimate relationship between running and depression i was honored to have it listed as one of the 20 best books of 2021 by men s journal i decided to retire from writing for ultrarunning magazine after being a monthly columnist for the past six years this month s column is my last i have loved working with the amazing people at the magazine this year i ran the hennepin hundred and the st george sizzler a solo 100 miler i did in july after working for the university of utah dialysis program for almost 17 years our program was bought out by davita dialysis one of the largest dialysis companies in the world so i am now officially a social worker for davita dialysis my other big news for the year is opening my own private practice for mental health services called bright way www brightwaytherapy com earlier this year mel and i took a brief trip to san antonio we loved exploring the river walk going to the alamo and eating our weight in mexican food are you sensing a theme in our lives last month i checked a big item off my bucket list when i met one of my favorite authors david sedaris as a family we went to see onerepublic in las vegas even though we re some of the last people in the country who have discovered the magic of the tv show ted lasso we re now on board with the rest of you fans and have you seen the one man broadway show on hulu called in of itself it s one of the most moving powerful things we saw all year please go watch it it s a family favorite as well our poodle jack and our great dane little debbie have somehow managed to remain among the living they are old but they still find so much joy going on walks and stealing cookies off the counter honestly their favorite thing in life is to be petted by mel when she is going to the bathroom as soon as they hear the sound of a toilet seat they go running like pavlov s dogs to get some affection we re not sure how much longer jack will be around we don t want to be unprepared for burial after his passing so we have a large empty box sitting in the garage ready for when he passes away and we need to have jack in the box sorry too far so here we are on the brink of 2022 the new year stands before us like the chapter of a book waiting to be written i love the idea of a blank page a fresh start i hope the next chapter of your book includes overwhelming heaps of adventure hope love and happiness oh and donuts lots of donuts love cory mel jackson dani and kylee reese posted by cory reese at 2 21 pm 37 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday may 17 2021 upcoming book stronger than the dark i am so excited to announce the upcoming release of my latest book stronger than the dark exploring the intimate relationship between running and depression the book will be released on june 8 2021 and is available now for pre order from amazon stronger than the dark is unlike anything i ve written before i ve been working on the book for three years it is raw personal and vulnerable here s a brief description in his gripping memoir cory reese offers a compelling and vulnerable insight into the pervasive destruction of depression drawing on lessons learned over a decade of ultramarathon running stronger than the dark offers a powerful new approach in the battle against depression the willingness to embrace suffering in a moment of physical and mental crisis during a 314 mile race across tennessee he realizes with clarity life s ultimate purpose we are here to endure we are here to help others turn pain into peace we are here to be a beacon of kindness and compassion cory s beautifully broken path of healing speaks to anyone feeling lost in insecurity or despair and gives hope that even in life s darkest moments we can find the light i can t wait to share the book with you posted by cory reese at 3 00 pm 46 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday january 10 2021 happy new year from the reese family hi ideally this would have been the annual reese family christmas letter but like everything else in 2020 those plans went up in flames like a fire in the dumpster behind denny s then i thought that s okay i ll just make it a happy new year letter at least i finished it by january 21 st national squirrel appreciation day nope not making that up here s a summary of our crazy year aunt jackie and little debbie for those of you not following along jack is our senile poodle debbie is our great dane and resident food thief if you re eating dinner and turn your head for a split second debbie will have your piece of pepperoni pizza in her stomach faster than you can say seabiscuit kylee ky got her driver s license this year which required lots of time driving with a parent on a related note my blood pressure medication was increased this year she worked at the city pool over the summer and has been busy with school she continues to excel with art and made some amazing screen printing designs for tee shirts in one class ky got her wisdom teeth out which led to an interesting ride home from the surgeon afterward through uncontrollable sobbing she begged for a penguin and a baby koala bear when i asked why she was crying she said because baby kola bears are just so so cute she recently started working at papa murphy s pizza and now we get a family discount blessed a few months ago she bought a fish and fish tank then snuck it up to her room hoping we wouldn t notice he only looks dead 60 of the time but comes to life whenever we think it s time to scoop him into the toilet dani speaking of fish dani must have rainbow trout somewhere in her family tree she is happiest when she is in water on the evolutionary chart she is dangerously close to growing gills over the summer she worked at the pool as a lifeguard and taught swim lessons as a high school senior she remains active on the swim team and keeps getting faster and faster she has also continued playing water polo the equivalent of wwf wrestling in water her team even moved up to gold division this year and she received the team s sportsmanship award she loved going on a white water rafting trip she passed the college courses she was taking in school and completed medical coursework to earn her cna certificate but these things pale in comparison to her proudest achievement sitting down to binge watch a whole season of impractical jokers the show is basically like a weak attempt at candid camera for millennials jackson jackson returned home from his mormon mission to oregon in march it was the time when coronavirus was just taking off because of issues with his immune system and weekly infusions there was a collective decision that it would be best to return home after six months of service since then he completed an advanced emt course one of the course requirements was to start 30 ivs on friends and family to me the idea of sticking ivs into people sounds worse than attending a nickelback concert but he loves it he has volunteered at a few veterinary clinics in shiprock new mexico and chinle arizona he moved to cedar city and finished his first semester at southern utah university he works at an assisted living facility in cedar city and loves to destroy me at pickle ball in his spare time he is taking his brilliant piano playing abilities to the next level as he finishes up work on a new album of piano music mel mel has managed to sustain her 42 year long streak of being awesome she continues her work as a nurse practitioner at intermountain healthcare she works in a rehab facility directly with covid patients who aren t sick enough to require hospitalization but are too sick to go home with all her protective gear and tubes connected to a ventilation system she looks like the 2020 version of inspector gadget in february we went to new orleans with a big group of friends to enjoy amazing music amazing tours and amazing food february feels like twelve years ago before putting our house up for sale mel did most of the work remodeling our bathrooms the force and precision with which she used a gigantic sledge hammer was equal parts inspiring and terrifying this year she got shingles which she gave a yelp rating of 0 10 she also just received the covid vaccine her proudest achievement was completing the great virtual race across tennessee 1000k running 621 miles in less than four months cory i just finished my 16 th year working as a medical social worker with the university of utah in may i ran a solo 100 miler doing loops around the block that i called the co run a virus 100 this is proof that social isolation warps mental capacity and makes you do dumb things mel and i went to virginia where i ran the yeti 100 then we headed to nashville for a few days if someone abducted me and moved me to tennessee i don t think i would try to escape i have the headspace app and have tried to be more consistent doing daily meditation this helps me manage the intense rage that g...