hi Lemn it's wonderful to read you after talking to you and watching you perform. I also had the hate mail and the cutting off by my adoptive family. my biological family remain comfortably out of focus. you are so brave Lemn. I still have not stood up and accused my adoptive parents with the righteous rage that you had - I somehow felt too indebted to them and I guess I put most of my energy into defusing the debilitating guilt that from time to time resurfaces when telling the story. but each performance is a new revelation, a next skin of healing. your words are divine and you are so, so generous. I hope to see you soon, travel safely and rest in love wherever you call home. love from Phillippa Yaa