The Impossible Work of Being Here

Thoughts on presence, belief, and two-way relationships

A few days before I was to leave for Greece two weeks ago, we had a family medical emergency that necessitated me not leading the trip as planned. We scrambled, we made it work, we were all sad for various reasons and every single day, but the trip happened nonetheless.

The travelers just returned home the other day, jet lagged and travel-worn. In a conv…