Dad and I are testing Posterous at Chick Fil-A. We both wish you all could be here with us.

I feel free.  I know that sounds odd, but it's true.  For the last 4 years or so, I have had something that has weighed me down as I have tried to live my life.  Sometimes I would go days without thinking about it, sometimes it would consume my thoughts all day and night.  The result of some dumb decisions has followed me and haunted me, and now it is finally over.  I wish I could express how that feels, but I can only imagine it is a bit like Red felt after finally getting out of Shawshank prison and meeting up with his good friend Andy in the movie Shawshank Redemption.

There is a song that does a darn good job of expressing exactly how I feel, and I wanted to share that with you.  It's called "Brand New Day", by Joshua Radin, and I encourage you to listen to it and read the lyrics.

It really is a brand new day, and I know that I WILL be ok :)

Brand New Day

Some kind of magic
Happens late at night
When the moon smiles down on me
And bathes me in it’s light

I fell asleep beneath you
In the tall blades of grass
When I woke the world was new
I never had to ask

It’s a brand new day
The sun is shining
It’s a brand new day
For the first time
In such a long long time
I know
I’ll be ok

Most kind of stories
Save the best part for last
Most stories have a hero who finds
You make your past your past
Ya you make your past your past

It’s a brand new day
The sun is shining
It’s a brand new day
For the first time
In such a long long time
I know
I’ll be ok

This cycle never ends
Gotta fall in order to mend

And it’s a brand new day
It’s a brand new day
For the first time
Inn such a long long time
I know
I’ll be ok