Dear Sabina,
Anytime I have doubts about people (which is frequent) or their convictions, I think of you. When I first met you, you seemed impossibly sweet. You said you grew up on a farm, you baked cookies at like 1am, and apparently you packed a sack lunch to DC. You were one of the folks that made me feel right at home on the retreat.
Not that you and I are particularly alike, we aren’t. You have a myriad of traits that I could only be so lucky to aspire to. But you remind me of my sister Gloria. She is the kind of no bullshit lady that seems like a throwback to the dust bowl era. She can walk into your kitchen, find half a dozen things that you assumed were only there for decoration, and feed you a damn good meal, and give you life advice that you just might need to hear. You have the same level headed, purposeful manner about you that can only come from open spaces, dirt under your fingernails and “good living” as it goes.
You aren’t one for silly ceremonies and I can even imagine you having a preconceived notion in your head. The stuff you are doing now suits you to the core, and I honestly can not think of a single person I would rather be a representative of the country I am from. Sure, I may have friends that embody the best that America has to offer, many of whom were your fellow STAND people. But you represent to me the best that America wishes to offer.
You are kind to a fault, gentle in your words (lest someone cross you or your friends) and more patient and understanding than a vast majority of people. All this while being super bright, hardworking, and above all a force of nature when it comes to bringing all that to bear upon a task.
I will certainly miss seeing all the amazing things you are doing, photos of gardening, celebrating life, always smiling. But I will ALWAYS have you in my mind as what is best in good people.
I sincerely miss the updates you used to do for stand, is there a list I can get on to see those again? In any case, please contact me sometime so I can get a better grasp of what it is you are up to these days. Our country has kind of a shit reputation these days, but people like you are going along way to repair it (even for those of us that don’t deserve such uplifting).
Hope to walk you to a bus stop again someday.
Today was a great day, but tomorrow our FBfriendship will end,
Curt
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