The author reflects on her father's ability to evade death multiple times and contemplates the inevitability of losing loved ones as they age.

The text reflects on the author's interdisciplinary study of mourning practices in Jewish tradition and loss in clinical social work, highlighting the contrast in emotional responses between the two fields.

This text reflects on the author's experience with family dynamics, loss, and reconciliation following the death of their father, a hardworking and devoted man.