Journal
Ammi’s journal
Here quietly. Reading more than posting.
Starters as a main
week 5loved energy 41 reply
Short one tonight. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed, and a very kind waiter who boxed it up without saying a word. My mother cooks.…
Flat, whole night
week 4pleased energy 41 reply
Short one tonight. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I…
I have started
week 3hopeful energy 12 replies
I told one person. Not my mother, not work. One person, and only because she asked me a direct question at the right moment. Day one. I am writing this partly because…
Walking
week 2tired but good energy 12 replies
Late, and writing anyway. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I…
The first one
week 2nervous energy 34 replies
The leaflet is nine pages and about seven of them are worst cases. I have read it three times, which was three times too many, and I am now going to stop reading it. Started…
She stopped the room
week 1warm energy 1
Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said…