Happy New Year!

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Another year has passed. I'm still in Florida with my mother, but my husband sent me this beautiful picture of the sunset in Ainzara taken on the first day of 2016.

Ainzara, Tripoli, Libya ~ January 1st, 2016
I hope and pray that Libya will find peace this year and move forward to a brighter future.

Happy New Year!

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