Gifts

Last night, I got a few unexpected gifts from an unexpected person.

A friend came over, presumably to watch a movie but really to keep me from climbing the walls and setting fire to things. And said person bared some soul, and over the course of the next four hours, made me laugh. Not just a little bit, not the frozen, grimacing thing that's been plastered on my face for the last few weeks because it feels like my muscles have forgotten how to make that particular expression, but proper, my-god-i-am-going-to-piss-my-pants sort of howling laughter.

And for the first night in a very, very long time, I did not dream. So for the person who did that, even though you do not read this blog, thank you. I needed that.