Brother,

April is here.

And with it comes the particular energy of spring — that quiet pressure to grow, to open, to let something in after the long discipline of winter.

I've been thinking about planting.

Not metaphorically, exactly. Literally: the act of deciding what goes in the ground. Because planting is an act of faith. You commit to a seed before there's any evidence it will become what you intend. You tend something that can't tell you yet whether it's working.

That's the work we're doing here.

Every newsletter we send, every time you sit with a hard question and actually answer it, every moment you choose the full version of yourself over the convenient one — that's a seed.

April is going to be a significant month in this community.

We're going into family. Love. The intersection tax. And by the end of the month, your stories — what this year has grown in you.

But before we go into all of that, I want to ask you something simple.

This Week's Opening Question

What are you deliberately planting this spring?

Not a resolution. Not a goal list. One thing — one seed — that you are committing to tend this season.

It might be a relationship you've been neglecting.

It might be a version of yourself you've been postponing.

It might be the decision to finally stop showing up to a space that's been extracting from you.

It might be a conversation you've been avoiding.

It might be rest. It might be therapy. It might be the courage to let someone see a little more of you.

Hit reply and tell me: what's the seed?

I'll share some of what you send me throughout the month — anonymously, with permission — as a mirror for the community.

Because when we name what we're growing toward, it gets more real.

First full newsletter lands Tuesday. It's about the hardest soil we plant in.

See you then, brother.

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Unapologetically yours,

Ernest

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​SOMETHING IS COMING

I'm building a self-paced program for SGL men of African descent who want to do this work on their own schedule. The modules are designed for brothers who want to work through this at their own pace — no cohort schedule, no fixed timeline. No launch date yet. No pressure. But if you want to be among the first to know when it's ready, reply with "PROGRAM" and I'll make sure you hear about it before anyone else does.

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