As I watched the ashes drift downstream, I felt outside my body for a moment. Like I was in a dream. Like I couldn’t possibly be depositing pieces of the person I had loved more than any human being ever into the Susquehanna River. But I also felt something else. Closure. Complete, utter, transcendent closure. I hadn’t realized it at the time, but Kit had given me an enormous gift the day he made that request of me. And I was suddenly overcome with gratitude.
