Three great things happened on this day:
#1) George Washington was born
#2) In 1980 a rag tag group of Americans trounced the Russians in Olympic Hockey in what is now known as the “Miracle on Ice”
#3) I was born (on the exact date as #2)…
OK, I know, one of those things is slightly the lesser of the others. I will let you decide which one.
Birthdays are a wonderful time for reflection and ones thirtieth is a time like no other. While I am and will always be the person I was born in my core, a lot of things have changed me over my life. Some of the more profound have occurred in just the last few years. Life has dealt me some wonderful blows and some very humbling experiences.
While they have been difficult I am so very glad for the moments of tribulation. They have made me who I am. My coming to conservatism and to be the person I am was not an easy journey. It is rewarding though in ways I never thought possible. I am happy in my skin, happy in my life and while the past few months have been especially difficult, I have relied greatly on a network of support both offline and on. People are amazing beings. I am astounded at how warm they can be even at great distance and over the bits and bytes of an Internet connection.
I want to thank you for coming to this blog, talking with me on Facebook and Twitter and for those who know me in analog life for being there. I hope in some small way I can give to others through these forums a small percentage of all I take out.
To another year, a new decade in my life, a new decade in all of our lives and to friendship!
