Your heart is not a state secret. You are meant to declare allegiances. You are meant to have favourites. Write the letter. Miss the train. Stay up until dawn talking. You should be caught red-handed loving something, someone.
There’s a special kind of exhaustion that comes with repeatedly watching society be enlightened on issues that marginalized communities have spoken about for ages and its only because it now affects them
Respectfully, “reach out when you’re back in town” has never been a booking strategy.
I have a career, a life, a schedule, and more emails than I’d like to admit.
If you’re interested, reach out when you’re ready.
I’ve found that intention tends to reveal itself.