I Think Something in Me Woke Up
I don’t even really know how to explain this. Maybe it’s the heat. California has been so ridiculously hot lately, and maybe my brain is just confused. Maybe there’s something in the air. Maybe I’ve been drinking more water. Maybe I’m finally getting enough sleep. I honestly don’t know. But I have this weird energy lately. And not just the kind where I have enough energy to clean the house or get through the day. I mean… I feel alive. That sounds so dramatic when I write it down, but it’s true. I feel like something inside me woke up. And I don’t know what woke it up. That’s the part I keep thinking about. Nothing really happened. There wasn’t one specific thing that made me suddenly feel this way. I just woke up one day and realized that I felt… happy. And hopeful. I almost don’t want to say that out loud because I’m scared I’ll jinx it. But I am. I’m happy. At least right now, I am. And I think I forgot what that felt like. For a while now, I’ve been in this weird funk. I don’t ...