What I’ve Learned in Losing My Dad

We’ve often talked about “what matters” together, focusing our lives and actions on what we hope will last. Loss is one of those experiences that shows you clearly—painfully—what actually holds lasting value in our days. I wrote these reflections as my dad was in the hospital, as he transitioned to hospice, and in the moments…

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November Goals

Our twilight month November is,The evening of the year.The brilliant summer noontide leftA pallor soft and clear.Dame Winter brings with quiet graceHer curtains all of snow,And pins them deftly into placeWith boughs of mistletoe.– Ruby Archer Hello, November. Hello, brilliant leaves. Hello, change. Hello, healing. October was good for the soul: we finished our fall…

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