Ten years ago, the journey began with a woman walking into a meadow, and for the past two months, I’ve been talking about journeys. In August, I wrote about why some stories deserve more than one book and sometimes the story on the page reaches its conclusion. But the people inside it still have somewhere to go.

Then, in September, I wrote about the other side of that idea: every journey eventually deserves an ending.

And now we’re here.

This month, the Meadow Trilogy is finally complete.

Some stories entertain us for a few hours. Others stay with us long after we’ve turned the final page. As readers, we spend time with characters. We celebrate their victories, grieve their losses, and sometimes find pieces of ourselves in their struggles. By the time a story reaches its conclusion, it feels less like we’ve finished a book and more like we’ve completed a journey.

That’s why endings matter.