A delicate balance

This is the last issue of the International Journal of Women’s Dermatologywithme sharing the helm as co-editor. It has been an incredible honor and labor of love to help launch this journal. The journey from conception at a board meeting of theWomen’s Dermatology Society (WDS) to researching and identifying a publisher, identifying associate editors and reviewers, and recruiting articles has been a wonderful voyage. I have been fortunate to share this adventure with two friends and colleagues (Dr. Dedee Murrell as the other co-editor and Dr. Neil Sadick as the deputy editor). The presidents under whom this journal was born and flourished were Amy Paller, Valerie Callender, Kathleen Hectorne, Adelaide Hebert, Mary Maloney, and Pearl Grimes all of whom have helped us immensely and supported this initiative. Also, past presidents have inspired me including but not limited to our founding WDS presidents Wilma Bergfeld, Lynn Drake, and Barbara Gilchrest. Finally, I want to thank two additional incredible women: (1) Jennifer Ehrhardt, our Managing Editor whose enthusiasm for the journal and willingness to do whatever was needed to get the issue done well and on time was key to our success and (2) Terrie Duhadway, Executive Publisher at Elsevier whose friendship and publishing knowledge guided us all along the way. But now it is sadly time for me to step down and move on to another challenge and allow someone younger, more able, and eager to carry the torch for our WDS journal. Change and advancing age have causedme to be more introspective, especially during challenging times. This upcoming change in roles formehas remindedmeof a wonderful play by Edward Albee called “A Delicate Balance” that I first read in my late teens. Albee’s play premiered in 1966, when I was only 16 years old, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in