Writing has always been an outlet for me. I’ve always known it helped me in the healing process of hard things in my life.
I also find joy in writing. I don’t only work through hard things, I rejoice through words as well and I hope this project can include a mixture of these things… and that the pain will eventually lead to joy.
"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let the steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing". James 1:2-4 ESV
My counselor told me once in a session that if I was having trouble sleeping, I should just get out of bed and write the things down that were bothering me. “There’s no need to keep rehashing things in your mind”, he said, “get up and put it on paper”. He explained that our brains tend to want to hang on to things, but if we write them down, it gives our brain the freedom to release these thoughts. We no longer feel like we have to remember every detail of something because the paper now holds onto that for us.
I haven’t practiced that method in some time, but lately, my hurt and my thoughts about that hurt have been plaguing me. The notes section in my phone is full of blurbs, but never complete thoughts. I haven’t found the time to get them off my phone and onto a platform.
Today I was sharing something with my kids, and they said, “mom, you should start a blog”. My husband has told me the same thing several times, but today for some reason the time just seemed right. I began to think that maybe my thoughts, my pain, my hurt, and my healing could not only escape onto a page but that they might also be able to help others going through the same thing. So, here it is… my path toward healing and hopefully I can take others along with me on this journey.
