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What a year it?s been, huh? And for some crazy reason, I feel like we?re still going! It?s because we are ? you killed it this year, Meredith, and hit the goal you always knew you would. You weighed in at 155. But your journey is far from over!

Up next for us? Surgery, recovery, and (the most difficult part) maintenance.

You can do this, and you will do this. If anyone has shown us what hard work and patience looks like, it is you. Over the course of some pretty huge life challenges this last year (and the many years before), you exemplified these two virtues.

When we said ?jump? you asked ?how high? ? when we said ?not now for surgery? you said ?I understand? and you were only driven to work harder. Your trust in our process was pretty incredible.

Your openness with your personal struggles urges me to be the same way.

You are a beautiful woman, Meredith. I am a lucky girl to be able to call you a friend. AZ won?t be the same without you ;).

Love,

Heidi