Week 4: Joy Makes Space for Grief

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I’m writing these words on winter solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year. Tonight at my in-law’s house in North Carolina, the sun is predicted to set at 5:06 and remain mostly hidden until 7:24 AM when the refracting glimmers of fresh daylight will slowly disturb the darkness and usher in a new season o…