Some days have a way of focusing one’s attention. Today is one of them.

Kay, author of www.rawgrief.com, is the focus. She always holds my complete attention. But this week is special.

Kay in the Boundary Water Canoe Wilderness Area

Three things coalesced today: 1) This week, May 9, is the second anniversary of Kay’s daughter Katherine (“Katie” to her family.  2) Last night Kay posted a joyful motherly reflection on her day with Chris, Katie’s widower, sorting through Katie’s writings and photographs, some of which Kay was seeing for the very first time. 3) Unedited Politics posted a Bob Kerrey campaign ad for U.S. Senate (re-posted minutes ago here).

When Bob returned from Vietnam, nursing himself back to health, making the hard adjustment to living without a leg as an anti-war veteran, Kay met Bob in an Economics class. Kay, Bob and others became close friends. Bob Kerrey has never forgotten.

So…today Kay, Katherine (“Katie”), and Bob have the full attention of Views from the Edge, as do the other postings that appear today. The photograph of Kay with her morning coffee was taken by the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area in Northern Minnesota.