Andrea Gibson died July 14th. They were instrumental in ways too vast to list. Humanitarian, Advocate for the planet, and in the last few years of their lives an expert on turning pain and grief into masterpiece works of spiritual manifestos.

Their work significantly impacted my own as I went through a painful divorce. "Break your heart so your spirit won't" was some days the only solace I could find. Short and simple and profoundly comforting. How did they know? How could they talk to me through the spirals of time and space like that?

Their work was rooted in mysticism.  With the truth as fueling grace, their woven collection transcended the constraints of gender, time and every should I had learned about growing up.

In a lot of ways, Andrea's work as a poet felt like re-parenting myself. Today I wanted to just send my love to their partner Meg who has been so gracious in her own grieft to continue wrtiing yes, but sharing her words with us all, head still-spinning.