Before ending our talk I ask Hamil where she is with her grief now. I'm teary at times. It's a loss. I appreciate who I do have around me more. Days mean more.
Time means more.
And so Jo Hamil joins my list of midlife heroes, people who are successful not because they find a way to avoid life's tragedies but because they find a way to endure them, people who somehow learn to give even in their loss, people who find a reason to smile even in their tears.