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Letting Go

It feels like a different world since I wrote mid-March, doesn’t it? We must be existing in an alternate realm, all having to navigate something new, sadly let go of something valued, but hopefully discovering something surprisingly good along the way. I wonder if there is a formula for knowing when it’s time to letContinue reading “Letting Go”

Calming down

Two journaling activities come to mind during this time of inner and outer chaos. Neither originated with me. I found them both an interesting process and useful for slowing my worries by giving me clarity and a plan of action. The first, Structured Writing *activity, has saved me MANY times at 2 AM, as IContinue reading “Calming down”

Old Shit

I have been slowly going through decades of photos, memorabilia, and very old journals. You just read the intro to a journal from 1974! If you have followed these posts, you may be getting insight that I am in the ‘at risk’ age group for CoVid 19; I prefer not to say old! In daysContinue reading “Old Shit”

Finding Nails

“They would have heard the knock at the door but were distracted by the washer thunking when the load unsettled. The slim blonde boy waited for a few minutes, then turned and walked away. We rarely get a glimpse from the bird’s eye view showing the impact seemingly inconsequential acts have, but when we do,Continue reading “Finding Nails”

Messages

You know how, when you’re young, and someone breaks your heart, every. single. song seems to be speaking to you? The words pierce your heart and you wonder, “How did they know?” I have been experiencing this with my writing. I’ve always believed in messages. Remember the book, Celestine Prophecies, “There are no coincidences”. IContinue reading “Messages”

Faces of anxiety

Working in the school system, I definitely know kids show the exact same emotion in multitudes of ways. Some clearly, some make ya guess, some productively, some not so much. While listening to a webinar about anxiety in school-age students, the speaker described the manifestation of what we see… disconnecting, overload, walking out, or quiet,Continue reading “Faces of anxiety”

Finding the good in the year

Happy New Year. This is the 11th year my husband and I have been answering 6 questions which make us think back over the year’s events. Sometimes things pop up one of us had completely lost site of. Other times we have very different answers to the same question. This year feels a little harderContinue reading “Finding the good in the year”

Thinking too much

“Not everyone wants to think as much as you do.”, were wise words my sister told me years ago. It’s true. It helped me broaden my perspective of others. Although most people know I love a good party, it was the reason in my 20s, I had a difficulty engaging with people, whose conversation, didn’tContinue reading “Thinking too much”

Threads

My last post ‘the lighter side’ leads to what I believe transforms the journaling practice. Somewhere in my 30s I began re-reading every journal before I began the next. Most people know that empty feeling when finishing a wonderful novel, not ready to have it end, not ready to jump into the awkward start ofContinue reading “Threads”

The lighter side

This weekend I was reminded journaling doesn’t always have to be profound, or even serious. Sometimes I doodle, or draw some scenery I am gazing at. This weekend I wrote about dancing. Each holiday season my husband compiles a CD of current artist’s holiday songs. This weekend we were listening to some of the moreContinue reading “The lighter side”