Charity Woodrum

And I think Lynn showed me that.

I did find out recently that a colleague lost a loved one in her life, and I reached out to her and said, you know, hey, the kindness of strangers once helped me through my early days of grief, and we went on a hike actually a couple days ago.

I mean, it was it was rewarding and and yeah, we're going to go biking together.

So we're doing I just kind of was like, OK, what did Lynn do for me?

We went on walks, we went on biking trips.

And so we're just doing that together.

And I'm just trying to listen.

And I don't think I'll be as good as Lynn was to me, but maybe it'll help her in some way.

I look for things where I can shine bright for somebody else or, you know, honor the people who shine so bright for me.

And that brings me a lot of meaning.

And I also think I now have my dream job, you know.

I work at NASA now.

Wait, so...

I'm working with the James Webb Space Telescope.

Right now I'm studying galaxies in the early universe and I'm studying the stardust in galaxies in the early universe with the James Webb Space Telescope.

And guess what?

They're in or near the Hubble Deep Field.

So this is like a perfect

full circle moment for me.

Some of the galaxies I'm studying are actually in the Hubble Deep Field, but the data comes from the James Webb Space Telescope, so...