Today I write to honor my dear friend Kris Franklin. She was a true friend who recently and suddenly died. I’m reeling with grief. My words will inevitably fall short of conveying the depth and beauty of our friendship, nor could they ever do justice to the brilliant light she was in the world, but…

In February, when we moved two doors down from Cana and Ennie we knew our lives would be intertwined with theirs like never before. Then Chris and Xhiv moved back home too. All of us are living through an inconvenient and messy remodel, knowing that life will be more settled in a few more months….

A week ago I lay alone and in pain in the hospital in the middle of the night after an ER visit and a long series of blood draws, IV’s, and ex rays. The grief and pain of 66 years of life, especially that of the 14 months since Evan’s death flooded into my thoughts…