from my intentional family—Mark Anthony and Carla, Naomi and Tanya and Jason and Sarah and Katidia and Vitaly and more people than I can name here, I learned that nothing could break a community united, a community guided by love. From them, I learned to reimagine a world. A world where my own family can be safe. A world where Monte can be safe. I learned that I am not alone no matter how lonely I’d felt at times.
