I'm thrilled you've included me in your list with such a terrific group of writers. If you decide to stick around on Medium for the long term, you'll discover that many of your favorite writers and people who read your work will vanish.

At first when this happened, I was so disappointed. Then I realized that because people come and go on the platform so often that I needed to constantly be discovering new writers I liked. This is how I ran across you. I was delighted to find another writer I enjoyed so much.

All the earliest people I engaged with, "my tribe," are now gone. And the second wave. And the third. So it's good to always be connecting with new people, and to adapt.