So a year ago today, Dre and I met at a Starbucks after a night of revelry and decided we would give it a shot. That was a strange time . . . I was thinking about joining the Peace Corps, I had just finished a crappy 2006, and everything felt uncertain. There was something there, though, that told me to just try . . . and I'm glad I listened to it.

I like anniversaries, because they allow me to look back over the past year and see how I've changed in stride with life events. I can review what I learned from the bad, celebrate the good, and sketch out a mental map of what the next year will bring. Here's to good things to come!