I really really really think of you as a role model and a mentor and an Elderly Queer Auntish Being who unequivocally Has My Back. I feel safer and more sure knowing there's a you in the world -- you make it seem like there really is space for a me. You are brave and fierce and a stickler (in all the best ways) for what is right, and I greatly enjoy your eye for colour and your enthusiasm for hills and plants and small children, and it is a privilege and a joy to watch you explore yourself and parenting and security and blossom. I love you, and I'm so glad you've got support and a sheltered south-facing wall to grow with. <3

AND I am perpetually delighted by your story-telling -- your dry amusement, your wit, your cadence. When I were wee I wanted to be like you, when I grew up, and it is an honour & a delight to be your friend & increasingly your equal.