The only permanence we know

Each loss evokes all losses. We long for permanence, for our children to remaincuteand lovable, for our parents to never leave us, and for our loves to always stand by our sides. Lifeis constant change, however, and every change represents a loss of what there was before. Fall has become a difficult time for me. Four years ago today I lost my eldest child to suicide. Two years ago on October 31, I lost my mother.

So, I have a clear understanding of life’s impermanence, yetin a strange way, I...