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# Moment
- URL: https://www.jamesreeves.co/moment/
- Published: 2020-12-25T23:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-15T03:49:28.000Z
- Author: James A. Reeves
- Tags: Notebook

I woke before dawn on Christmas like a little kid, pop-eyed with excitement because C. and I were exchanging presents, something we haven’t done in years. But first, I spent an hour in silence watching the fresh snow whip below the streetlights. I sat before the glow of our artificial tree with its fake pine perfume and savored this peculiar ritual of wrapping up packages of socks and tea. It was a moment of grace and cheer in a year that has felt like living in somebody’s bad dream, and I know I’m damned lucky to have it. Remember this, I thought, because it won’t always be this way. And it’s an odd sensation to get caught between wanting to be entirely present for a rare moment while also trying to commit every detail to memory. I heard C. padding down the hallway. “I can hear you waiting,” she said.

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###### Ode VII from *Kanon Pokajanen*, 1994 | [More](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanon%5FPokajanen?ref=jamesreeves.co)

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