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Lil

Me and my sister started the same week.

Preston, UK · Preston, forty-four, teaching assistant, started the same week as her sister.

Their journal

46 entries, and Lil is still writing.

  • What is your secret

    Thursday 12 Mar 2026week 84awkward energy 51 reply

    Evening. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long…

  • Two years, no news

    Wednesday 25 Feb 2026week 81content energy 12 replies

    Evening. Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I have…

  • Just Wednesdays

    Friday 13 Feb 2026week 80settled energy 23 replies

    Evening. Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Off to ring Lu.

  • Circle tonight

    Monday 9 Feb 2026week 79warm energy 44 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…

  • Starters as a main

    Sunday 25 Jan 2026week 77loved energy 41 reply

    Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no…

All of Lil’s journal

Milestones

Recent check-in answers

22 Jun 2026 — What are you grateful to your body for?

It swam. In February. In the sea. I did not think it had that in it.

11 May 2026 — What did you read this week that helped?

How to tell my own condition's symptoms from the medication's.

15 Mar 2026 — What are you carrying for somebody else at the moment?

The out-of-hours doctor who was completely calm at eleven at night.

10 Feb 2026 — What has changed about your week that has nothing to do with medicine?

It looks like having enough energy to be interested in things other than my own health.

Buddy

ongoingFamily

The two who already knew each other

Lil and Lu live in the same town and joined together, which is unusual here and comes with its own problems.

Lil and Lu · since July 2024