Journal
Lil’s journal
Me and my sister started the same week.
Off the floor
week 11quietly delighted energy 51 reply
Evening. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the…
Somebody new
week 9warm energy 44 replies
Evening. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an…
Circle tonight
week 7warm energy 24 replies
Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the…
Steady
week 5steady energy 31 reply
Evening. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have…
Day one
week 3hopeful energy 11 reply
What I keep coming back to is how long it took me to get here. Not the medication — the asking. Years of that. I told one person. Not my mother, not work. One person, and…
Standing in the kitchen
week 1wired energy 11 reply
Evening. So. First one done. I had been carrying the box around the house for four days like it was something I had borrowed and needed to give back, and in the end I did it…