Dearest Malena, Lucy, Charlotte, and Carly,Thank you so much for your letters—your epistolary essays, each of them brave and moving in its own way. I see a common thread in all your pieces, and that is: courage. Your essays demonstrate that such work is possible and that it continues every day. It is not always easy work, but it is sometimes joyful, and always profoundly important. The world needs you, and you deserve all the good of the world.