After nearly eight years, I am stepping down as coeditor of PALAIOS at the end of December. Serving the paleontology and sedimentary geology communities through SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) has been an honor and a privilege. During my tenure, I have been fortunate to work with coeditors Edith Taylor (2006–2011) and John-Paul Zonneveld (2011–present), as well as welcoming coeditor Thomas Olszewski—who has been serving PALAIOS as an associate editor—to the editorial team as my replacement. I have learned much from them through their scientific specialties, insights into evaluating research submitted for consideration, and ability to discuss reviews and aspects of manuscripts under peer review so that we can arrive at compromise on editorial decisions. Jill Hardesty has taught me much on the day-to-day responsibilities of the review and editorial processes, as well as the value of maintaining high standards of journal editing. She has been the engine driving the continued success of PALAIOS as managing editor by receiving, reviewing, and dispensing review invitations, manuscripts, reviews, and communications between the authors, reviewers, associate editors, and coeditors. I have also learned so much from you, our contributing authors, about the great variety of multidisciplinary, integrative research being conducted worldwide and its applications to answering geological and paleontological questions recorded in Archean, Proterozoic, and Phanerozoic sedimentary deposits. I hope that I have also had a positive influence on all those who have submitted and published their research in PALAIOS . In my final Spotlight as coeditor, I share my reflections on serving as an editor and the role of PALAIOS as an outlet for publishing the highest quality, refereed science at the interface of the disciplines that are contained within sedimentary geology and paleontology. The goal of a journal, which should be shared by all involved in the peer-review, editing, and publication …