12/24/2025
5 years ago tonight was a really long lonely night. I was exposed to Covid, and my wife was in her third trimester with our first daughter. So she went and stayed with her parents. In a already hard year, this was the exclamation point to a weird and strange year.
Those 10 days were brutal. Full of loneliness and wondering and wandering. On Christmas Eve came a beautiful snow. A white Christmas is supposed to be with loved ones. I was alone. So I walked and made some of my favorite photos ever. At first I felt tons of resentment towards these photos. But they really are a light spot in a really hard time.
And truly it makes you appreciate every moment you get to be with the people you love and cherish. Do not take those moments for granted. Simultaneously, do not miss a moment to explore, to create, to dream, to try and fail.
