Jules,

You give me strength to begin to say what needs to be said.

I am working on an article that makes me pause. It raises flags with my closest friends. And while it is nowhere near as deep as what you express so beautifully here, it is something I am struggling with.

But it risks appropriation or coming off as self-indulgent and entitled.

It helps to see you go to the bones and do so in such a touching and powerful way. How you can capture my attention and refuse to let it go. And show me a world so different from my own.

If this means you show too much, then sister, embrace that shit. :)