It’s been far too long since I’ve written, and there are reasons for that. Life happens, as they say, even during extraordinary times such as the ones we collectively find ourselves in. As I’m typing this, it’s 1:35 am on a Saturday, and I’m one week into my second hospital stay in the past three weeks. I’ll get to that shortly, but I want to begin at the beginning, as a writer should.

The past three years have been a season of loss for our family. I shared previously about the...