FTIAT: The Power of Words to Reconnect A Life
Penny (Life Reconnected) began her blog to help cope with a convergence of losses, but it’s grown into something much greater. In addition to documenting her many–and I do mean many!–external...
View ArticleDitching URLs for stars
Scintillating stuff, it was I’ve kept a journal since I was eleven or twelve. My mom read my journal starting when I was eleven or twelve. I sought out every possible hiding spot in hopes I’d find the...
View ArticleMrs. Deborah Scissorhands on journaling
“How can I become a better writer?” People ask me this (perplexingly) often. Regardless of the “why” of it, my answer is constant: Keep a journal. Wait. Let me clarify that for those thinking they can...
View ArticleThe Before: Our evil neighbors
I’ve previously written about my mom’s mental illness as if it were a footnote, when it was actually a definitive part of my youth. This post includes my journal entries from the beginning: when Mom’s...
View ArticleDitching URLs for stars
Scintillating stuff, it was I’ve kept a journal since I was eleven or twelve. My mom read my journal starting when I was eleven or twelve. I sought out every possible hiding spot in hopes I’d find the...
View ArticleDitching URLs for stars
Scintillating stuff, it was I’ve kept a journal since I was eleven or twelve. My mom read my journal starting when I was eleven or twelve. I sought out every possible hiding spot in hopes I’d find the...
View ArticleAnother small-great kindness
Last night I found a bag I’d long ago forgotten was mine. Needed an extra backpack; considered (aloud) using my work one. “Or you could use your old one,” Anthony said. “My old one?” “Yeah,” he said,...
View ArticleStar Trek & my irrepressible mom
My husband and I are trying to make our television a peripheral part of our family life. While waiting for TV time to start this morning, I pulled out my handwritten journal. I’ve been using it since...
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