photo spjwebster life situation snowballing tend negative loses house marriage tells small requires bigger results enormous falling feud family members seeps extended family forced sides odds crap life sticky starts rolling quickly gathers crap increasing surface area growing exponentially things life sticky discovered good things separate entities gifts falling heaven perfect complete form enjoy beginning suspect gifts start small flake snow gradually gathers goodness continuing snowball grow move goodness give push sharing making grow families joining bigger week beautiful illustration half years jason married jason's parents sister nephew drove chicago join family michigan christmas wonderful days shared good conversation laughed games played kids enfolded loving adults hilarious karaoke sung forget mother-in-law singing plenty attitude boots made walking evening table playing game grandpa grew playing family tip-it game requires button good poker faces people spend days extended family in-laws survive enjoy jason goodness envisioned life redeemed began creating beautiful mess half years newness jason drawn girls gathered family friends small group church lead extended families fine ultimately multiply celebrate christmas surprising turns life brought place part sort actual snow melted analogies flexible 