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learning how to stand in deep water
you’re drowning and no one can tell
Apr 13 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
is it ever casual?
what even is that?
Apr 8 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
love looking for somewhere to stay
on love, restraint, and everything in between
Apr 2 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
in limbo
the strange comfort of not being complete
Jan 25 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
in defense of sentimentalism
how embarrassing it is to care
Oct 20, 2025 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。

becoming

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in defense of sentimentalism
how embarrassing it is to care
Oct 20, 2025 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
taking the batteries out of the clock
on refusing to let go even when time insists you should
Aug 18, 2025 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
twice as good for half as much
twice the work, half the credit
Aug 10, 2025 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
how much longer till i’m taller?
just keep swimming just keep swimming just keep swimming
Aug 6, 2025 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
let the good things be good
the good is still there. even if you’re scared to see it.
Aug 1, 2025 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。

movement

is it ever casual?
what even is that?
Apr 8 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
love looking for somewhere to stay
on love, restraint, and everything in between
Apr 2 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
in defense of sentimentalism
how embarrassing it is to care
Oct 20, 2025 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
twice as good for half as much
twice the work, half the credit
Aug 10, 2025 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
stop waiting, you’ve got shit to do
the story doesn’t start when he arrives
Jul 22, 2025 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
let them talk. you don’t have to listen.
about the burden of being perceived — and the freedom of not caring.
Jul 10, 2025 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
he is not the sun, you are
on choosing yourself instead of orbiting someone else
Jul 1, 2025 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。

stanzas

in limbo
the strange comfort of not being complete
Jan 25 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
anxiety is a liar and a thief
nothing was wrong. everything felt wrong anyway.
Jul 28, 2025 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
i will die a tired daughter
some kinds of tired don’t sleep off.
Jul 16, 2025 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
“normal”
the quietest kind of unravelling
Jul 5, 2025 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
a eulogy for my sister
i didn’t lose you, not really — but i still haven’t found all the pieces i woke up to silence.
Jun 23, 2025 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
on your marks - running on borrowed time
“sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go but learning to start over.” — nicole sobon
Jun 12, 2025 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
mom, i’m tired
things i wish i could say
Jun 9, 2025 • gail 🫧⋆˚꩜。
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