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On a random Monday morning in the Bay Area of California, Beth Duckles realized too late that she was in the wrong lane of the highway. A lane that would take her across the Bay Bridge from Oakland to San Francisco. This unexpected trip across the bay bridge would alter Beth\u2019s life. Swerving to avoid a parked car, she watched a man walk to the edge of the bridge, climb onto the railing, and step off. She called 911 and somehow managed to drive across the bridge until she found a safe place to stop on the other side. In ways she couldn\u2019t imagine at the time, witnessing this man\u2019s death would become an experience that deeply connected her to long-standing family grief and her own mother\u2019s sudden death four years later.

Check out Beth's powerful essay about this experience.