That giant stack of paper? That’s most every song Clif, my dad, Emily, and I have written over the past 23 years. Not included are Clif’s Family Familiarity work or some of the solo instrumental stuff he’s done lately, but everything else is there. It’s nearly 200 songs.

There were years where I wrote fifteen or twenty songs. There were years where I only wrote one or two. There’s probably even a year in there somewhere where I wrote nothing. But 200 songs is quite a few, I think you’d agree.

I’m not going to stop writing songs anytime soon. Neither is Clif, and I’m pretty sure Emily and even my dad have a few more in ‘em. This stack of paper will only grow bigger. Next time I print it out, it’ll probably need a new, bigger binder. Here’s hoping.