It was a whole new arena. To be honest, I was shocked at my own surprise; after all, until the dawn of 2015, men had been all I’d ever known. But in 2018, for the first time I was swiping through male profiles on Tinder, meeting men outside of a school setting, a chance encounter, a longtime friendship. Lorin was one of the first I met. And, miraculously, he was by far the best.
Chapter 9 – Flora (Part 1): Remember Me Like This
Flora’s skepticism was her greatest gift to me. In questioning my motives for my actions I reaffirmed their importance to me, not as a blind ritual, but as an intentional act. My explanations to her gave me confidence, and it was confidence I needed at the time. They also, in the long game, fed the skepticism that keeps me questioning, keeps me open to incorporating new points of view and changing the way I live to fit new modes of thought, new understandings. Flora was a part of my evolution. She was also there for a pivotal part of it.
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