A place to put your wishes

And a gift for paid subscribers.

“She stared down at the dandelion in her hand. It seemed so much more important now that she knew it was a place to put her wishes.”

— Matt de la Peña

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Hello, friends!

This post marks my first official letter to paid subscribers of Dandelion Seeds, and I don’t think pressing “send” has ever felt so momentous.

This whole journey of creating directly for my own newsletter, and not for another publication or company, is so new to me, and I’m deeply honored by your support.  

While the subscriber-only essays I’ll be sending out each month will normally take us behind the scenes of my illustrated essays, today I simply wanted to say hello and share two quick things with you: