2013–The Year of the Hanley’s

2012 was one that Lauren and I can say represent memories and emotions that represent the roller coaster of life in many ways.  The last four months of 2012 represent to us moving forward and finding a new normal in our lives.

When I think back to 2012, I think of the success we experienced as a family, in our careers and the stance we took when we were asked to sidestep our values and morals.  The highlights that I think of include:

• Our growth as a couple and the continuing realization we can do anything we desire
• The passion Lauren and I have to make the world a better place with our philanthropic efforts as a way to mark good coming out of all the bad
• The video we were involved in regarding our efforts to make others aware of red light safety
• The great media attention my nonprofit Nine13sports got
• watching our house transform during the remodel in a way that still takes my breath away
• having the chance to travel with Lauren in these last few months and enjoy things that we were unable to enjoy for the first two years of life
• enjoy the love of our friends and family here in Indianapolis
• watch “the nephews” continue to grow up into amazing young men
• watch my wife expand her career and involvement in many truly important projects that benefit this city
• work to grow our nonprofit from humble beginnings to something that created 7,800 youth interactions in 2012 with a variety of great program partners
• sitting on the deck with our dogs drinking a beer and looking at the stars
• celebrating two years of marriage to my better half and quickly realize we’re approaching three years

We celebrated 2013 in our preferred way–at home with our dogs, a great dinner, a bottle of Champagne that had been brought back by my sister-in-law from Paris over 2 years ago that we were saving to celebrate the end of litigation/the end of the remodel/the beginning of the new future.

2013 is the year of The Hanley’s—hope you can keep up..

Cheers,

th