And i washed the dishes AFTER dinner. Who IS this person??! It feels really good.

My aunt (my mother's sister, the last of the 5 siblings) called me today. She is 24 days past a covid diagnosis. She has this thing since my mom passed where she likes to say i love you as she hangs up the phone. I used to go along, but you know what? Im not one of her son's ten American kids and partners and further offspring and stepchildren. I'm her sister's daughter, and... We. Never. Said. That.

And that's why I was able to be myself and take care of myself today.