Christmas Moments

   Below is my Christmas letter for 2011. I’ve found it impossible to send cards to everyone I’d like to send to this year and so decided to post it here for those who I just couldn’t get to (you’re no less loved, I promise!).  Also to the occasional passers-by of this blog, I wish you the very merriest of Christmases! [...]

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Behind the Books

I recently told a friend that I feel like I start every sentence with, “Since I went back to work…” And I’m pretty sure I do. Because I say it so often, friends, family and acquaintances ask (just as often) how it’s going. To which I always answer, ”Good. Hard, but good.” And then inevitably they follow [...]

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“You Be Thankful”

I was at the funeral home tonight. It’s not often I leave a wake and feel completely at peace. A friend’s grandpa died at age 93, for the most part, just from being 93. At dinner, when I reminded my kids that we’d be going, Clay asked me if “Grandpa” had been sick. I didn’t anticipate the relief I’d feel [...]

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