I joined Medium maybe five weeks ago, at the recommendation of several friends. Yours was among the first bodies of work that stopped me C.O.L.D.

EVERYTHING about your messaging left me kind of breathless: your courage, you candor, your willingness to push idiots right on out of your center. Hell, I was clapping at that whole "This is a troll," "This acct is a troll," "Yes, here's another one, Medium" series. It was hypnotic to watch you move through space in complete control of your voice - no one was going to spin then repackage Miss Ma'am. There was no such thing as a Marley Half Throttle and I effing LOVED that.

It was **your** courage that inspired my jump. I spend a LOT of time dual processing - what I am showing versus what I am thinking. I spend my days in courtrooms or classrooms where my message has to be effective. Fidelity to my center-self always, always, always yielded to fidelity in effective meaning.

Reading your work changed that. I kick the little "now, now, you can't say THAT," dude of my shoulder and wrote TNSWA, all-in. You made that moment safe for me. You made that moment meaningful and genuine. And, you pioneered a safe space to stretch and play with loyal to ME, you know?

And I wanted to say that, and say this: thank you. You, my dear, are the Alpha GOAT in the game.

Mad respect.

~Cat