See You Next Year

Well, by some miracle, we made it through another year.

This New Year's Eve, just like last New Year's Eve, and pretty much every New Year's Eve in recent memory, I tucked Sam into bed and I said, "Well, I'll tell you the same thing I tell you every New Year's Eve..." But unlike last those past New Year's Eves, Sam smiled before I finished, and I asked if he knew what I was going to say - and he did.

So, I didn't need to finish it.

But I did explain to him about that time the my dad told it to me... just in case he forgot that part of the story. And we hugged and said goodnight.

I hope for a good night, a good year ahead, and a good life for you.

Let's close the year off, as always, with this...