Alisha Sommer | Essentials for Living

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Ten.One Thousand, Three Hundred & Fourteen

  1. Cleaning clothes.

  2. I realize that I forgot to do her hair before I left.

  3. “Accepting confidence is about the consent to receive confidence…” - Sarah Jakes Roberts

  4. She isn’t here. I always like to talk to her. But she must be busy; maybe it’s just the time of year.

  5. I really like this therapist. He’s good. I really like that my son doesn’t mind talking to him. He eats samosas while he listens.

  6. “One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul.”
    ― Clarissa Pinkola Estés

  7. In good company.

  8. The rain is falling harder, and the wind is starting to blow it under the tent. It is quiet and peaceful.

  9. He asks me how I’m sleeping. I say good. But then I think. “Actually…one morning, I woke up at 2:00am, and then a few days, I woke up at 3:00am. But I guess I’m getting better at putting myself back to sleep. Oh! The frogs stop croaking a little after 3.”

  10. Hot water. Lydia Davis. Trois Noix.