Re-Commit
Well then. It's been a while. I wonder, have I not written the past few weeks because the past few weeks have been hard, or have the past few weeks been hard because I have not written? I discovered Beth Kempton's Christmas podcast and Substack this week - I love her books and her writing and have been somewhat swept away by her beautiful words. She made her winter writing workshop free this year, and I signed up. I'm excited to see where it leads. One of the things that caught my attention was her confidence that writing is (or at least can be) a healing form of self-care, which I believe deeply is true for me. I write with a pen in my journal and in my daily planner, with my thumbs on a journaling app, and with both hands on a keyboard. Each has its place and I do believe writing to be a healing practice. I just don't always think of it. I have thought of a number of things I could write about - my sister had her firstborn baby (I wasn't sure how it would aff...