happy new year

And I said to the man
who stood at the gate of the year,
'Give me a light that I may
tread safely into the unknown.'

And he replied,
'Go out into the darkness,
and put your hand into
the hand of God.
That shall be to you better
than light,
and safer than
the known way.'

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I rung in the new year in a Pentecostal church with Aaron and Eileen. A favorite New Year's, thus far, although the one in Rochester at Scott and Katie's apartment is still high on the list.