Anyway, I wrote the following kind of intending it to be the beginning of a series of blogs that were meant to reflect on four very important dates in my life that, conveniently enough, roughly correlate to the four seasons. I haven't changed anything from what I wrote in 2008, despite the fact that I was struggling through a very dark period of my life and was doing a lot of pretty manic, frazzled writing. So I've got a few follow-up thoughts at the end. On the 15th anniversary of the date in question, and because I have started this infrequently updated blog, I thought I might get back to the idea. But we'll see. Please excuse my self-indulgence. It's mostly meant as a thank you to a very good friend, despite the self-absorbed rambling nature of it.
