I’ll be back to what I hope will be more thoughtful posting on Monday. But in the midst of running Friday errands, I wanted to take a few minutes to copy the best end-of-the-year-getting-ready-for-the-New-Year meme I’ve seen. Jessica at Everybody’s Got Something to Hide put up this lengthy gem of a 2008 retrospective. And I’m borrowing it.

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before? A number of advanced Pilates moves. Developed and offered a workshop on Christianity, Islam, and Kabbalah that was well-received in several very different corners of the world. Became ready — for the first time — to be a father.

2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Didn’t make any for 2008, and am looking forward to keeping mine for 2009 (see the post below this one)

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Several friends of ours had babies, and one of my cousins had her first daughter.

4. Did anyone close to you die? Not compared to 2006 and 2007, when my wife and I lost our beloved fathers in successive years. But my cousin Laura, whom I played with as a child, became the first member of my family younger than myself to die when she lost her battle with cancer in June. She was 36.
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