Just saw this and I'm so glad I did. Perfectly said, including and especially the opening car wash paragraphs setting up your essay.

Full-time writers bragging about their privilege are useless to the rest of us. I don't know who you mean here, which probably means I haven't read her, so I can't comment about her content, but I hope she reads this and recognizes herself--and maybe others will, too, and stop doing it.

We do what we do when we can, and what we need more than anything is encouragement--which is what you've given here, beautifully.

Thank you.