It was late afternoon and I was standing out in front of my house talking with m...

It was late afternoon and I was standing out in front of my house talking with my neighbor when I heard the honk-squeak of geese and looked up to see a gigantic V of them, the setting sun lighting up the white of their undersides.
“Look, look,” I said, grabbing hold of my neighbor’s arm.
I had a hundred different things in my head: things to do and things I had not done; worries and hopes, resentments and regrets.
I stood with my neighbor and looked up at the geese. I listened to their honk-s...