Hi R,

I've had it with losing emotional safe spaces. Now my women's writing group will effectively cease to be at the end of this year, on top of everything else. These are the things that need to be in place to allow me to do the work that I do in the world.

That was the space where I was courageous enough to write the hard stuff. Now, I have even less idea what I'm actually supposed to do with that. I hope this year is going to be better than the last couple, with the addition of my mentoring role. However, I really need to find spaces that are more about receiving than giving.

(I am still optimistic about you know what, though.)