Process Notes - by Alicia - upcycled words

For every good small thing that happens, A always responds with “let’s celebrate!” for when we see each other again. We pin these in our chat to come back to. It’s a small gesture that warms my heart so, to see myself from the eyes of someone else because it’s all too easy to lose track of my wins in the surrounding normal. I’m learning that when a good thing happens, it doesn’t need to be immediately folded into the ordinary. I can sing and dance a little before moving onto the next thing though the followup act of celebration rarely happens - there always seems to be something new to focus on, a new project to do. These wins of ours accumulated for over a year until last month, when sitting at a mall sushi restaurant, we finally scavenged and collected them into a list and proceeded to celebrate all of it in one glorious afternoon at the Santa Cruz boardwalk--overpriced amusement park food, roller coasters, and scouring Google maps for the exact Us filming locations to recreate. Deca

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