Saving Light
Last night was hard. More like gut-wrenching. Our community lost an amazing man yesterday, and I learned of this loss when I got home from my typical Friday night grocery jaunt with my crew. He (I'll call him Trevor for anonymity's sake) had so many talents - the arts, music, photography, not to mention being a kick-ass clinician and teacher by day and passionate advocate. He was also a devoted husband to an incredible woman and loving father of beautiful young children. I had to read the post in our private Facebook group a few times before reality set in. Moments later came the hand over my mouth, tears welling in my eyes, and then ... "Why didn't I say something?" Weeks ago, I happened to come across one of Trevor's posts in my feed, and what he shared was deeply personal. What followed for days afterwards was fairly dark and he soon removed that jarring post revealing something that I believe under typical circumstances he would not have written ...