Except for one month, I wrote everyday for 12 years. I remember vividly the winter afternoon I stopped such a habit. It was a few days after my 36th birthday. I'd taken the day off from work. And just like on any day off from work I had been lazily...

There is something emotional about ceremonies that acknowledge moments in our lives. Weddings, funerals, graduation ceremonies, the Oscars are all such events. It could be theater for some and an episodic moment for another. Depends on the sweat, tears and blood invested.

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