"O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done." These evocative lines from Walt Whitman's famous poem encapsulate the emotional weight many of us feel when confronted with the end of a life journey ...
Farewells are a rite of passage in the human condition. Farewells could be to a tangible person, place, or thing, and they could also be to a fleeting moment, a period of time, or an experience.