To the Beloved Lace on Race Community:

It is gratifying to see so many new faces, as well as now active faces who were once dormant.

I strongly invite all of you, regardless of tenure, to visit or to revisit the Pinned Posts, which are your launchpad for maximum benefit in this space; a way to build your muscles and acclimate yourself to our model, ethos and method.

We want your time here to be fruitful, and long. To become relentlessly reliable and resilient takes tools, which you will find in the pinned posts.

Learning about who we are, what we value, and how we walk is crucial.

We do things differently here. By intentional design.

As you engage with your fellow walkers, and internalize the posts we have carefully curated for you, you will, hopefully grow to learn the terrain and to trust in those who are on this path with you, navigating Lumpy Crossings with you, and, if you allow it, becoming a person of conviction on whom others can lean into, trust, and stand upon; that you will become a place of rest, faithfulness, reliability, and shared hope as we trek.

Welcome. Stay. Pick and savor an orange. Begin to grow your own tree so you can nourish others.

Keep walking.