Where We Go from Here, and How

After a reflective birthday weekend, the work of a new year in advocacy begins

For the last seven years, my birthday has also been a day to reflect on my decision to leap into a new social contract—because that was the “gift” I gave myself back in 2018, as a miserable critter with no idea how to make myself less miserable in Canada.

So, my first day in Colombia was also my birthday, and I’d given myself a whole new, solo adventure …