I wrote the following after a 25min phone call with Bond.

“My path to wellness has been like learning to walk as a child.

I started realizing there’s a world around me. I started pulling myself up, supporting my body, and sitting up.

I somehow started to crawl. This is great. I can get around. Life is so interesting, but I’m still unsure of it all. I get myself into things I’m not suppose to.

Now I am starting to stand, wobbly, unsteady. I am so unsure. I have amazing people around me. Watching. Protecting. Providing.

You are holding me up. You are showing me I can stand on my own. You are patient and present. There are so many holding me up, ready to catch me and stand me up again. To hold my arms above my head and show me what’s it like.

I start to take my first few steps. I think my legs are going to give out. Sometimes, they do. You go to lift me up again. You tell me I can.

I can.

I am walking. I am walking. I love this walking thing. running running running ZOOMIES! THIS IS GREAT.

I am alive and I am glad.”

xoxo,

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