In speaking with my brother about my author journey in the past year, I realized that the greatest gift that has come from this experience is the gift of vulnerability. It was the most potent and transformational gift I could have ever unraveled from this experience, and one that I was not remotely expecting, let alone in this magnitude. The journey was fun – it was fresh, new, and exciting. But, the learning curve was incredibly steep and I had no clue what was around the n