I take the scenic route in this episode, but stick with me. The long introduction is part of what inspired the story I eventually get to, and I think the conversation is worth having.

We hear a lot about cutting toxic people out of our lives, and sometimes that's absolutely necessary. But what about the relationships we end over disagreements, hurt feelings, politics, or differences we simply can't get past?

People don't live forever. Neither do our opportunities to repair relationships.

This is a conversation about family, estrangement, memory, and the people whose stories we may still be telling 30 years after they're gone.