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Simple things

I would not have imagined that elements as simple as wine, togetherness, and the Beatles for Rock Band on Wii would be so healing. It was a pretty great Christmas, despite everything. If Ruthie had been here with us, she would have been right in the middle of everything, microphone in hand, belting out “Twist & Shout.” She wasn’t with us, but she was.

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Rod Dreher is a senior editor at The American Conservative. He has written and edited for the New York Post, The Dallas Morning News, National Review, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the Washington Times, and the Baton Rouge Advocate. Rod’s commentary has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, the Weekly Standard, Beliefnet, and Real Simple, among other publications, and he has appeared on NPR, ABC News, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and the BBC. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with his wife Julie and their three children. He has also written four books, The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Crunchy Cons, How Dante Can Save Your Life, and The Benedict Option.

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