Chad Frame is Poet Laureate Emeritus of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Poetry Editor of Ovunque Siamo: New Italian-American Writing, a founding member of the No River Twice poetry improv performance troupe, and founder of the Caesura Poetry Festival and Retreat. This is one of a series of poems about the recent death of his father, which he humbly hopes serves both as memorial and as guidance for anyone who may find themselves going through something similar.