Christmas Eve in Athens, GA: Five Years Later

Five years ago tonight, I posted the original version of this image to my Flickr stream.

This is what you see when you drive through the center of town at midnight on Christmas Eve: festive decorations, welcoming shop windows, and no people.

I found myself at this intersection on the way home from the hospital, where Lori had just come out of life-saving open heart surgery. She had stabilized, and had made the transition from anesthesia to the medication she’d be on for the next week. As Lori drifted off to sleep, the nursing team sent me home for the night. (Our house was just on the other side of downtown.)

Thanks to everyone who helped us make it through these past five years.

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Joe Taylor Jr. has covered personal finance and the music business for over two decades. His work has been featured on NPR, CNBC, Financial Times Television, Fox Business, and ABC News. Previously, Joe worked as a marketing and training professional for three of the country's leading consumer lenders and for the world's largest technology company. He recently completed a personal finance book entitled The Rogue Guide to Credit Cards; (Rogue Guide Books, 2012). When not writing about business, Joe serves as a content strategist for 2820 Press in Philadelphia.