the mind is a funny, predictable thing.

lack of holding hands make it feel sad and lacking.

Oh silly brain, I feel you. I too enjoyed holding han---

If I'm talking to my brain, then what is my POV? What?

stupid brain.

She is delightful, but also tremendously troubled with things that feel familiar and yet completely foreign. Family issues are weird like that.

IT doesn't diminish the delightful, but it renders me less able to help. I understand that, but it doesn't make me feel less bad.