We're not used to it yet. We're grateful she's not suffering anymore, but we miss her so much.

She wasn't able to attend services and she couldn't do the immersion.

That day she just glowed. And Caleb got to be part of the service, so it was really special.

This isn't what we expected from retirement. But we wouldn't have changed the time we had with her. She was the greatest blessing.

She had almost perfect pitch and an angelic voice.

The epitome of our life force turns on the seam where our tempered idealistic expectations meet the annealed exigencies fueling the cataclysm of a pressing personal crisis. Many of us do not decipher who we are and what we truly cherish until we experience the terror of an inconsolable loss. Failure and suffering lead to self-scrutiny.