Shortlist buddies! Congratulations, Nalo ❤️

Thank you so much, Paul!

Most importantly, I'd like to thank The Gatehouse, where both Andrea and I received life-saving support as csa survivors. The Gatehouse offers peer-support groups for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, both in-person and remotely, as well as one-on-one therapy. It's truly a special place.

I'm grateful for Deborah Dundas, who worked with Andrea to share her original piece last year, and edited both Linda's piece and mine. I have wanted to work on something with Deborah for a long time. I admire everything she does.

It's also an honour to have my piece alongside Linda Svendsen's.

Andrea's piece saved my life last year while I was navigating memories of my own childhood sexual abuse. That's what the piece is about. It's also about how much Munro is in The Pump, and about not owing one another other the stories of our lives, but sometimes sharing those stories anyway.