This poem is a reflection on loss, family, aging, and faith. It is born of my personal life, Yet, life is more complicated than a poem. My relationship with each one of my middle aged offspring is vastly different due to life’s blessings, challenges, and circumstances. I love each of them, even if I didn’t, or cannot now, always make them happy with my choices or my view on life. I do not think they have grasped the life and person I have been separate from their coming into the world. This is, in part, due to the separation of generational experience. We all stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. I can only say everyone should be blessed to have children as wonderful as mine!