Rachael Kilgour - The Smell of Autumn Leaves

9. The Smell of Autumn Leaves
My dad died on the autumn equinox, 2017. It’s a fitting day to say goodbye, but I was unprepared. I had left Minnesota for Boston just a month earlier, convincing myself that his decline would be slower and that we still had time. I felt guilt in leaving him, but I hope he was proud of me for taking chances and doing what I loved.