Dear Elaine and Nelson,

I'm holding you both in my heart as you journey on, each on your own path yet together in this experience of a transition. Mary Oliver writes in her poem of Black Woods Forest words that have served me as a mantra.

May it speak to you and offer you peace.

To live in this world

you must do three things:

to love what is mortal;

to hold it against your bones

knowing that your life depends on it;

and, when the time comes to let it go,

to let it go.

Sent with deep love and memories,

Nancy