What Coming Home Means to Me
As a current 4th year dissertation student, “Coming home” to Pacifica is a welcome break from the often isolated experience of research and writing, and it is a fabulous way to reconnect and reground myself to the very place where my research ideas were spawned. Coming home gives me the opportunity to reconnect with the essence of Pacifica, friends, staff, and some of my favorite professors. There is nothing quite like returning back to the place where my journey first began and to literally feel held by the essence of Pacifica and all that the Pacifica community symbolizes to me. I feel privileged to return in this manner and celebrate the journey with many of our alumni who have already completed their graduation rite of passage. Each alumnus I see, speak to, or simply stand in the presence of, will vicariously serve as a symbol of light for me in my own hazy path toward graduation. It’s going to feel go to be home again.
Warmly,
William J Jones, M.A.
Doctoral Candidate &
