Healing Takes BuddiesIn this collection of newsletters, I wrote in the way that I would write in my own diary. Equipped with many transformative experiences that came from being courageously vulnerable with others and supported by a caring community who believed in me and my passionate pursuit, I wrote unapologetically, and I wrote as a means to heal. In 2017, writing poetry emerged in my life as the medium to recognize, process, and navigate the ebb and flow of my grief.