Why write? Why? Why breathe? You might as well ask me that question. Or why exist? I write because it is an act of love. It is an act of claiming my life. It is an act of doing that I can’t live without doing. I write because I cherish each day. I’m so grateful […]
Owning the Truth About My Childhood
Before I began to get rigorously, deeply honest with myself about my childhood and allowed myself to grieve the deficits and losses I experienced in it, I was “put off” by Nephi from the second he introduced himself. He kept sharing, but I quit relating. My mind sort of shut down, my eyes glazed over, […]
Through Journaling I Possess My Soul
Journaling helps me slow down and possess my soul (my thoughts, feelings, life experiences and perceptions) with patience. When I take time to record the passing of my hours, I become so aware of how full and rich my hours are. I am in conscious contact with my life, with my self, with God. I […]
Recovery Akin to Resurrection
FOR THE ADDICT: When an addict feels able and empowered to begin to repair the damage of the past, he or she may find that there are some relationships with loved ones that have been “slain,” irreparably damaged. This is the reality that the prophet Jacob lamented when he wrote of the “hearts that had […]
#1 Rule for Super Journaling
Always, always, always, ALWAYS date your journal or even your notebook entries! Or even if you just wrote something on an envelope or a napkin, or the back of a grocery receipt. ALWAYS write the date. There is nothing more sad, heart-breaking, and crazy-making, than coming across an entry without a date and not knowing […]
Unhealthy Eating is an Addiction
Phil (my husband) just left. He’s gone into Logan to run some errands. I stayed home and gratefully. It’s very cold outside–about eight degrees! That’s what the weather service says, anyway. Even if it’s twice that or even three times that, it would still be way below freezing! No thanks. Not for this California born gal. It’s […]
“I, Nephi . . .” First Person, Singular
The first requirement for recovery is to be willing to speak from your own heart, from what in English usage is called the “first person, singular” voice or perspective. It is to be willing to think about and talk and/or write about your own experiences, your own life, your own sadness, pain, loss, fear, resentment, […]
Here and Now Test Post
This is a test post. There will some others here soon. Until then, read some of the other posts. This is a test post. There will some others here soon. Until then, read some of the other posts. This is a test post. There will some others here soon. Until then, read some of the other […]
Getting Started
There’s probably no passion (but one which I reserve for God) that God ignites in my heart that is greater than the passion I have for pretty much every form of what many call “Life Writing.” In my lexicon, this broad term includes any of the following “genres”: personal letter writing (whether mailed or not, […]
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