On July 4, 2025, catastrophic flooding tore through Central Texas, killing more than 130 people and destroying communities along the Guadalupe River. Aaron Parsley, a senior editor at Texas Monthly, was there — and though he survived, his family suffered a devastating loss. His harrowing account [https://apple.news/AA27XRFp7QNefcfYM93Y_kw] of what happened when floodwaters overwhelmed their house and ripped them apart won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. Now he’s out with a new essay [https://apple.news/ANJxz5LELSkiGtwh2eK7EyA] and a podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/where-the-river-took-us/id1896345297?i=1000766497488] about what their recovery has looked like. Parsley joined Apple News In Conversation guest host David Greene [https://www.kcrw.com/people/david-greene] to talk about grief, the evolution of his faith, and what survival really means.