Journaling

It took a while for me to open up my journal. I fell in love with journaling and writing poetry during my teenage years. I knew that it could help me manage my pain and sorrow. But this time was different- I didn’t know what to say and how to say it. I was afraid of the sadness that I knew I would drown in while writing. I was afraid of facing reality each time I opened my journal-that truth, that heaviness.

I finally decided to open my journal and the heaviness begin to feel lighter. My first entries were a letter to my son and a letter to God. It was the hardest thing to write, but it was so needed.

Journaling has aided me in getting through my darkest days. I brought all my thoughts, pain, questions, anger, sadness to life on that paper. I focused on all these feelings and let it all out. To all those reading, I highly recommend journaling your thoughts, feelings, dreams, prayers, etc. It really helps to ground you while also putting those tough, hard-to-explain feelings into words.