Member-only storyA Synthesis of LeavingsKat Wiebe·Follow3 min read·Sep 12, 2020--2ShareA beautiful woman in a beautiful place accepts me as part of the family, and teaches me I matter.At Letty’sI slept on bare boards,spaces wide enoughfor a snake to squeeze through.Not a big, lazy boa that might justcurl up beside me —but a vicious viper,its whip-like strike guaranteed to