Drawing from Van Gennep and Caffee’s conceptualization of liminality, this autoethnographic narrative portrays the author’s rites of passage into academia and through the death of her father. These fundamental developmental transitions and losses emerged concomitantly within the backdrop of a pandemic, further cloaking the world in grief and disequilibrium. Incorporating the voice of the personal as professional, the author portrays her existential struggles in relinquishing her cherished role as a palliative care social worker and living through her dad’s final months during a time of restricted social interaction. Interwoven throughout the narrative appear stories of strife, hope, grief, and professional epiphanies of purpose and insider privilege. The paper embraces both personal and professional conflicts and provides insight into the ways in which the unique setting of a pandemic can provide clarity for navigating the liminal states of separation, transition, and incorporation.

这项自传的叙事作品借鉴了范·甘纳普（Van Gennep）和卡菲（Caffee）对合法性的概念，描绘了作者进入学术界和父亲去世的仪式。这些基本的发展过渡和损失在大流行的背景下随之出现，进一步使世界陷入悲痛和不平衡。作者融合了个人作为专业人士的声音，描绘了她的生存斗争，放弃了她作为姑息治疗社会工作者的珍贵角色，并在社交活动受限的情况下度过了父亲的最后几个月。贯穿整个叙事的交织中出现了冲突，希望，悲伤以及目的和内幕特权的专业顿悟的故事。