What a beautiful, heartfelt essay, Eric. We can all continue to bloom, no matter what. It’s often occurred to me that the grass doesn’t stop growing even though it will be mowed…every form of life just keeps on being everything it can be, for as long as that’s possible. What built-in courage! BTW, are you the same Eric Alan who used to be an Open Air host on JPR? I still miss hearing your soothing voice between songs. At my new fire lookout I can’t pick up JPR…too bad!