I’ll be celebrating Christmas in Brantford a little early this year. Turns out Christmas time here in Kunming is not worth missing as a foreign musician. We’ll see if that holds true when the time comes. This will be the first Christmas I ever spend away from home.

I feel like I’m becoming more sentimental towards family as I move into this new phase of life with Suki. There’s a lot of things you don’t think about much as a young, single guy. Missing a day like Christmas doesn’t mean much to me —it never has. It’s just another day. It is however, an excuse to spend time with the family, so I’m making sure that point is not missed. I’ll only be home for two weeks, but I intend to spend it wisely with the family I don’t see too much lately.

I love you guys, and miss you lots. Can’t wait to be back with you, real soon.

We’re starting to see our first glimse of a real winter here in Brantford [Canada?] and I’m not sure I’m ready for it. It took so long to get here I forgot we were going to have a winter!

I’ve had an interesting week. I set out to catch up on things like accounting [ehh….] and songwriting that I’ve subconciously been putting off day in and day out. Those things didn’t get done [big surprise]. Though, the first week of the new year has been good. Thru my short comings & humanity, God’s been working on some really cool stories and reminding me of what life’s about - bottom line, God is the whole point.

Day in and day out, nothing fancy; just another young guy unsure which button to press next.