At 14 years old, Noah’s death impacted me more than almost any event in my life. It was sudden and tragic; it’s also a big part of how I arrived at where I am today - thank you for continuing to teach me.

I watched people celebrating with generations all together, I watched families with new babies, pregnant women, people helping their parents the way one has to help a child - each of these observations impacted me, and my very tender heart. I celebrated with them inside myself and felt the changes and seasons of life so deeply.

I reflect on love and gratitude and how you can have so much of both (I sure do)  and also feel sad, lonely and vulnerable.

They are not mutually exclusive.