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A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: The Importance of Little Things

May 14, 2012
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For Mother’s Day this year, I traveled up the California coast to Fort Bragg to visit my second-oldest son (whose birthday it also happened to be) and family. We had a great time together: Among other things, we played cards and board games, meandered through the quaint town of Mendocino, took walks and played Frisbee [...]

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A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: The Emotion of Anticipation

April 30, 2012
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A wonderful thing happened this week! Eight little ducklings, well hidden under a bush at the base of our house, hatched under the careful care of Momma Mallard. My partner and I had seen Momma around now and then, but until a few days ago, when I accidentally disturbed her from her nest, I had [...]

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A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: What’s Blossoming?

April 9, 2012
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I can’t help but breathe deeply. The world is blossoming around me, coming to life through leaf and stem, flower and fragrance. With the late spring rains and near-constant cloud cover, it hasn’t been nearly warm enough for me, but the pink dogwood outside my back door doesn’t seem to mind. In fact, it seems [...]

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A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: Healing the Past

April 2, 2012
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Time heals all wounds, they say. Except when it doesn’t. In my experience, time can dull pain, remove us from the immediacy of a traumatic event or loss, and make us feel as though we should get over our pain and grief. But time, by itself, doesn’t heal. So what does? Healing emotional wounds is [...]

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A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: Writing Legacy Letters

March 26, 2012
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While choosing which journal writing techniques to include in my new course, Journaling for Memoir Writers, I was reminded of the power of Legacy Letters to explore aspects of ourselves and our life experiences we wish to preserve for the future—whether it’s as a gift for friends and family members or a gift for ourselves [...]

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Journaling Through Emotions: Comparing Yourself to Others

March 22, 2012
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We all do it. Compare ourselves with other, that is. It’s human nature. Children learn by mimicking others—a skill based on the ability to compare oneself with another. When I was a little girl, I mimicked the older girls’ ways of talking and walking, of wearing their hair, and their likes and dislikes. When I [...]

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A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: The Characters in Your Life

February 20, 2012
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A week ago, I attended a surprise birthday for my little brother (I won’t say how old he is) and saw a number of family members I see too infrequently. It’s my own fault, of course. I’m busy, we’re all busy. At least that’s what I tell myself. Perhaps it’s just the age-old story of [...]

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