Celebrating the first morning of the new year 2015 not the last night of 2014 The First Morning Celebration began 3 years ago on a chilly morning in Phoenix, Arizona. A few friends and myself met at sunrise with coffee in hand to watch the start of that first day of 2013. We all shared the belief that New Years Eve partying had become kind of an empty activity. Jody, Chrystyna, and David met me at the Buttes off McDowell Road that morning. Here is a picture of us, minus David who had climbed up one of the hills and was still up there. In 2014 we decided to meet at A-Mountain in Tempe. There was quite a crowd at that location, surprisingly. After the sunrise we all went to breakfast at The Ranch House … Chrystyna coined this event the First Breakfast. 2014 was bringing lots of change for all of us, some known and some unknown. Jody was to survive a major health issue, Chrystyna and David moved to Portland, Oregon, and Launa and I ended up moving to Kauai, Hawaii to begin a major project on the island. We knew that morning would be our last First one together. As 2015 approached, I knew I would be getting up at the crack of dawn to watch the first sunrise of the year. I sent messages to this group via Facebook and invited others as well to get up and celebrate the new year by watching the sunrise. Clearly, […]
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