This week’s Slay Weekly is about recognizing progress in all the ways it shows up. We celebrate Allegheny County recording the lowest number of new HIV diagnoses in its history, share a simple thank-you from a reader that reminded us why kind words matter, and hear from QBurgh’s Michelangelo Pellis about being single, finding yourself, and refusing to measure life by someone else’s milestones as he heads off to his own exciting next chapter. The seasons are changing, our lives are changing, and there’s still plenty of road ahead but sometimes it’s worth looking back to see just how far we’ve already come.