Digital Reflections of 2009
As I sit here tonight, sipping on a Cosmopolitan (the official 2009 holiday season drink), the hours are slowly ticking down to the end of another year, everyone is finally asleep except me. It has been another busy day during our 2 week break. Christmas has come and gone, the tree sits lonely in the corner, I can hear the dried out needles drop onto the floor. Another reminder of the quick passage of time. So for fun I went back and looked through all my digital crumbs, the online record of 2009 that I left to see in aggregate what our year was like. All my blog posts, tweets, photos or whatever else that provides a convenient archive of a personal historical record, for everyone to see. It will be interesting to go through this stuff years from now, and if any of my future kin are reading this, “hello from 2009!”
Earlier this week Trisha asked me how I think this year went. I couldn’t really give an answer, it wasn’t a great year certainly, it was just a good one. We had an even mix of both good and bad things, as I suspect most have had this year. Looking through all this material confirmed it. Sure we did a lot of great things, the kids went through some major milestones (its amazing watching these two grow older), and I had some wonderful experiences that I won’t soon forget. If want to see the highlight reel check out the holiday video I put up last week. We also had a couple of setbacks, minor annoyances really. When I look at the whole, and seeing what others have gone through, these are nothing in comparison. I am grateful that I have such a wonderful family, we are all healthy and the future looks bright. New Years is a wonderful time, it allows for the big reboot, a chance to wipe the slate clean as they say. So lets all give 2009 a kick out the door together, and welcome with open arms a shiny and bright new 2010.
Happy New Year!
