Breeze, great colors on everything, every leaf and leaf-shadow clear in the sunlight for the few moments before you drive past the tree. Green cornfields, yellow prairie grass. And I had a cup of Sprite to sip from lmao.
For context, my dad never molested me or my siblings, but it turns out he's a pedophile with a CSAM habit which he somehow kept secret from all of us for thirty years. He's just been sentenced to 12 years in prison. I'm not, like, feeling emotions at the moment (edit: except anger, which I'm used to repressing so I didn't figure it out at first) but this is a really devastating situation for my mom, because he was the only one who could really help her when she was experiencing hallucinations and similar things. My siblings and I are needing to step up and become adults in a way we haven't before (we're in our 20s but it was the kind of homeschool family that doesn't prepare you for adulthood in any significant way; I've posted a bit on r/HomeschoolRecovery but I don't want to get very detailed about dealing with my dad's crimes there).
I know there are subreddits for direct victims, but that's a different situation and I don't want to disrespect that by posting there. I know there's a subreddit for sex offenders themselves too, but I'm not primarily looking to support my dad, so my posts would be out of place there too.
She's such a deeply, determinedly good person, she's grown up and expanded her abilities so awesomely, and it's been way too long since I've gotten to hang out with her and see what art she's been drawing.
I'm not naturally sociable, especially when I'm stressed, but that little moment improved things more than you would think.