Tomorrow, May 23rd, I will rise from my bed at hopefully a decent hour and greet the day one year older. Tomorrow I turn 32. Kinda crazy.

I feel a certain measure of satisfaction as I begin counting down another year of life. The silver is really starting to show in my hair, but the spring has not yet left my step. Everyday I find new reasons to love life and my place in it. I have accomplished much that I would consider momentous and more than my pedigree would lead one to think possible.

Tonight I walked into our living room to find my wife reading to our son as he lay curled up on the couch and was struck by the perfect rightness of the tableau. The soft light of the solitary lamp casting its warm radiance upon the two most important people in the world instantly called up images from holiday cards from my childhood. Families safe at home enjoying each others company and the simple pleasures that can only be found in shared laughter.

It all too easy to forget that in this moment is perfection, happiness and fulfillment. Today as the sun sets on the last day of my 31st year I do not mourn its passing, but glory in the miracles that it held and look forward to the wonder that will accompany this new year of my life.

My sincere thanks to all of you who have read and commented here this past year. The Great Conversation is why I got into blogging and later writing blog software. Without your participation it is all really meaningless. It is my hope that the level of conversation that we collectively create on this mystery that we call the internet will continue to rise and that we continue to have conversations that matter.

See you all tomorrow, another year older and hopefully another year wiser.