Thank you B,

for making a special effort to see me on your military leave from active duty last winter.  Your presence was humbling.  Thanks for the tea, and walking around the lake with me.  I honor you and I want you to know that…. (oh, I am getting choked up)  I wanted to thank you for what you said.  I told you about I.School and you listened.  I confided in you that I just could not hit the ‘publish’ button and you stopped and said.  “Ok, Ms. Newson, when you go to hit that button what do you think about?”  Without thinking, I said, “because it’s not my own”.  (originally, I copied and pasted a lot.)  And you just stayed quiet. You let me ruminate on my own inauthenticity. Lightbulb moment. So, thank you, now I write and write and write and write.  I write from me, perhaps badly, but authentically.  See you soon. :) I.N.