By Robert K. Ross, The California Endowment, May 13, 2020
Some of you may be aware that I very recently lost my life partner, my rock, my bride, and my best friend, Robin, to breast cancer. I am still grieving, processing, and the healing will take some time.
Her passage obviously came at an already challenging time. On top of the health and economic tsunami that COVID-19 hath wrought, we also recently lost a talented, social justice-minded star at TCE in regional director Beatriz Solis – to cancer as well.
I’ve been bouncing across three types of reactions over the past 10 days. The first, of course, is the sense of profound pain and loss – Robin and I have been friends since kindergarten (really), and in committed life partnership for 27 years. The second is a sense of extraordinary gratitude – the fun, joyous, and loving times we spent together, and an appreciation of her spirit that resides within me. The third, which I want to focus upon in these words I am sharing today, is the matter of being proximate.
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