Keeping A Journal

I have found that keeping a journal has really helped me through tough times. Journals are a good thing to pass on to family members but I also believe that journals can sometimes be a place of personal revelation. There will be nights where I will write something that doesn't totally make any sense to me but later on down the road, whether it be that next week or a year from now I have always found when I read my journals over and over I learn something new from them every time.

A journal is also a good place to vent. When I vent in my journal I find that I am less frustrated at the world, my children, and anyone else who might be in my life. I am less likely to take my angrier out at people when I have written in my journal consistently. I keep a journal at my side constantly and have come to use it very regularly just to make sure I write everything I am feeling so that my children will read it some day and say, " Oh mom went through the same thing I am going through now. Oh good I am not alone."

A journal is also a place to write your memories. When I am done I love to read parts of my journal that have brought me the greatest joy or the happiest times in my life. I love my journal. When I write in my journal I feel like I have at least one person to talk to at all times.