SF Bootblack 2020 Jessie’s Stepdown

I thought about this speech for a long time. I tried to decide what I would write about, tell you about, and how real I should be. Should I go for brutally honest and straightforward? Should I do something softer, more palatable, and uplifting? Should I fill it with metaphors and deep insight until everyone leaves breathless and pensive? Metaphors yes, absolutely, but It’s less than two days before I am supposed to deliver this magnanimous opus, retelling all the milestones and wonderful things I did for the community, for you…