The first annual family reunion takes place at Second Ledger's original headquarters, the same converted community space that hosted our earliest desperate strategy sessions decades earlier.
Margaret flies in from Geneva, considerable exhaustion evident from international travel but genuine excitement radiating throughout her expression as she embraces everyone gathered.
"I can't believe how much bigger our family's gotten," she says, watching Amara chase her younger cousins around the garden, three additional great-grandchildren having arrived since our extended family last gathered this comprehensively.
Elena, now considerably grayer but maintaining her characteristic sharp leadership presence, organizes everyone toward our familiar picnic tables.
"I want to start with something spec
