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76 The End of This Year The best place to be is here, at home, the two of us, while others ski or eat out. It will be quiet. We won’t watch the ball fall, the crowd in Times Square. They will celebrate while here there is this night. Tomorrow some will start over, or vow to stop something; maybe try again. Here the snow will fall through the light over the back door and gather on the steps. We will hope our daughter will be safe. She will wonder what the year will bring. Maybe we will say a prayer. ...

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