Dear Diary.....

I've always been a writer. Not professionally of course...not where anyone could read it...that is, until Facebook came along. (maybe it's a good thing I was older when this was invented..haha)

When I was a teen...I wrote poetry...letters...songs...dramas...kept a diary...etc... I wrote to express myself. I think my parents were a little "freaked" at first. They had no idea what to do with an artistic child that like to go in her room and be alone with her thoughts. Then to "write it out in poetic terms" ...Lord have mercy...I think they were close to taking me to see a counselor..haha

But I've written and recorded key moments of my life...or just the every day mundane stuff. Every now and then I will pick something up and read about what was happening in my life during a particular time and how I responded to it. It's kind of an amazing process.

So..I'm here to encourage you to write. Journal...blog...post...express yourself. You'd be surprised how therapeutic it can be. And you never know who you may touch with your thoughts...even if it's just youself.. <<< sometimes the person who needs to read it the most!

I'll share a short story that meant so much to me. Earlier this year..as I was getting ready for my all school reunion..I received a message in my inbox from a guy in my class. Now this guy was a really good friend..someone who would have taken off the head of anyone who messed with me..an all around athlete...but the heart of a teddy bear. His message read..."I will never forget these words to a song you wrote." And then he proceeded to quote it to me. Thirty years have passed and he remembered words to a song I wrote. I was completely blown away. I wrote back and told him he touched me deeply and then I repeated to him the rest of the words to the chorus. He said "yes..that's it!" He then told me he use to sit in the back of the chapel and listen to me play and sing that song...and all these years he's never forgotten them and they had brought peace & comfort to him many times. I felt honored to say the least.

I love the fact that I like to write....and I hope even if it's just a few times...my words will help or encourage someone else.