Sunrise Over Vulcan Pacaya

3 Life-Giving Words I Learned in the Dark, Alone with my Daughter, on a Volcano in Guatemala

“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.”

— Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire

I fell asleep at 1:00 a.m., sandwiched between strangers and my daughter.