on goals

• 7 weeks is NOT about achieving some arbitrary milestone: need to gather "this is safe / the future here aligns with what i want" data
• PRESENCE not progress
• go as slow as you need to stay regulated and clear-eyed
• you can support but people ultimately need to fight their own battles. i want him to prove that he can
• time reveals omissions and true intentions

on personal resilience

• trust accrues slowly, over time, and intuition / discernment will catch a mask drop before it happens
• i have a 100% survival rate
• ruling out all available short-term evidence leaves you with nothing and may be illogical
• there's no shame in loving carefully and losing to circumstance

evidence

• i don't know how many more "in another life"'s i can take
• i want to get pho with your dad one day
• i don't want to just echo you. but you're very important to me too
• "you don't owe me anything" >> "but i /care/ about you"
• you're what's keeping me here
• pinkie swear
• i was just looking at you and thinking "she's so pretty"
• his closest friend
• i thought i gave up on this dream sophomore year
• i've liked you longer than i probably should have
• i wouldn't be here if it weren't for you emily
• it just feels so easy
• "all i do is think about seeing you"
• "thought about it sophomore year but... things happened"

myself

• no one has ever been this kind to me before
• you are so sweet to me it makes me want to cry
• a glimpse of sunlight to an animal raised in the dark