Meet the new guy

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

First, an apology.

I normally send short and sweet emails on Tuesdays and Fridays, and I realized yesterday that I missed the last 2 email days.

I'm sure you were just twisted up with anxiety, Reader, wondering why you hadn't heard from me. Here's who's been distracting me lately:

Cooper is our Golden Retriever puppy who is now 14 weeks old. He's a love bug but also a menace. I work from home, so my work hours have been basically cut in half chasing after this jellybean.

So if I miss an email from you or forget to send one of my semiweekly missives, I blame it on Cooper.

And now, on to our regularly scheduled programming ...

You can't be too careful these days.

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Mandy Giles (she/her)
Founder and CEO
Parents of Trans Youth

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