When they're finding it and you're not

“Your partner has been journaling every night for the past month or so — something they picked up almost by accident and have quietly stuck with. Tonight they mention, while getting ready for bed, that they've been feeling more like themselves lately than they have in years. They're not making a big deal of it, just saying it. You're sitting on the edge of the bed taking off your shoes, and the words land somewhere unexpected — because you've been feeling the opposite lately, like you've been drifting, and you can't quite pinpoint when that started.”