It’s been ten years and three thousand miles since the beginning, now I have The Beauty and The Ballast right by my side! The Arriviste, The Beacon, and The Vultures are shadows and remnants of a former life! This city, and the new beginning has brought nothing but hope! Hope for today, and hope for the future. The optimism is permeating. This must be a dream!

This city and these people are more of a home than I have ever known. The prospects are endless and the future so promising. This time it will be all right. Everything is going to be all right! I guess it is going to be all right.

We all love this City on The James! The life it lives and breathes! Its history is inspiring! New memories are ours for the making, because its future is ours for the taking!

When I dream of the future I dream of happiness! It’s in the here and now, and as I forge ahead I can [bad word] knowing my life isn’t a silver spoon-fed lie. I know my dreams for the future are based on the [bad word]  With this city and these people around me as a foundation to this new home, this place is revelation; it’s a breath of fresh air. breath of hope! This time it will be all right.