Journal
Mina’s journal
Monday check-ins keep me honest.
Laces
week 5grateful energy 11 reply
Short one tonight. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Swam. First time since…
Slept through
week 4tired energy 44 replies
The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that…
First dose, done
week 3wired energy 32 replies
Short one tonight. I told one person. Not my mother, not work. One person, and only because she asked me a direct question at the right moment. Nothing has happened yet,…
Sunday night, four lines
week 2held energy 44 replies
Late, and writing anyway. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or…
Standing in the kitchen
week 2nervous energy 11 reply
Short one tonight. What I keep coming back to is how long it took me to get here. Not the medication — the asking. Years of that. A calm first entry that reads like a letter.…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
week 1held energy 14 replies
Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Paired up.…