We are all eager to return home, to a place we’ve never been—a place half-remembered and half-imagined, glimpsed only from time to time. Community. Somewhere, there are people with whom we can speak passionately, without words getting stuck in our throats. Somewhere, a circle of hands opens to welcome us, eyes light up when we enter, and voices celebrate with us whenever we are in our own power.

Community means a strength that unites our efforts to do the necessary work. Arms to hold us when we falter. A circle of healing. A circle of friends. Somewhere we can be free. 🙏🏾❤️

©️ Beatriz Esmer