YEAR OF ZEN: WINTER: DAY 73

Hubble Views a Star-Studded Cosmic Cloud

Q: Call to mind someone you love who has died.

A: For me this is my dad. This year it will be a mind-blowing 20 years ago that he passed. Within a few years I will pass the threshold where I have lived more years of my life with him absent than present. It goes without saying that I think of him often and wonder what a conversation with him would be like from the place in life I now find myself in. I could use his advice, wisdom, and humor. But, like we all do in life, I manage and embrace what I do have, here, right now.