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“One joy was expected and another is given. […] You could send your soul after the good you had expected, instead of turning it to the good you had got. You could refuse the real good; you could make the real fruit taste insipid by thinking of the other.”
— Perelandra
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In a lot of ways, 2025 was a subpar span of time.
There were some wonderful highlights, of course — my two oldest kids getting baptized, for instance! — and there’s more than enough to be thankful for, but it hasn’t gone to plan or been easy.
Tonight, my wife, my oldest, and I watched The Shawshank Redemption (it holds up). It didn’t occur to me until just now, but that might be a fitting story heading into the new year: courage, creativity, agency, perseverance, freedom, new chapters…hope.
May the year 2026 bring unexpected depths of goodness!
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Deep cut references that the 16yo makes during Ticket to Ride https://youtu.be/MmxKsK90L14
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Today marks twenty years of being married to my favorite.
Like many of the best things in life, it feels like it's gone both slower and faster than it has. It's humbling and evokes nothing more than joy and thankfulness.
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