Happy 1 year anniversary to the You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience and The Black Experience, anthology. It was and still is opportunity that changed my life for ever. I’m so humbled and grateful for each and everyone of you that’s supported the book. Thank you for the personal emails and dms about my contribution of the anthology. I ain’t no writer but I sure can give my all on paper especially my art. You Are Your Best Thing features essays from (left to right) — Row 1: Jason Reynolds, Austin Channing Brown, Tanya Fields, Kiese Makeba Laymon, Prentis Hemphill; Row 2: Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts, Marc Lamont Hill, Keah Brown, Luvvie Ajayi Jones, Shawn A. Ginwright; Row 3: Kaia Naadira, Deran Young, Sonya Renee Taylor, Irene Antonia Diane Reece, Yolo Akili Robinson; Row 4: Laverne Cox, Jessica J. Williams, Aiko D. Bethea, Imani Perry, Tarana Burke. Thank you @taranajaneen and @brenebrown for asking, believing in me and my art. My spirt and heart are always whole. Stay blessed kin for I am forever stressed. With so much love, rest, and rage. -Bean. 🌼