Sharing Solace Presents: The Gratitude Journal

This journal began as the only thing I could do for myself when I was in the depths of my depression after my Maddie’s death. Every night before I went to bed I would bullet point three things I was grateful for and three things I did right that day {and lemme tell you, it was H.A.R.D. to do in the beginning…} Over time, it morphed into writing a little about my thoughts, keeping track of what I did that day, drinking water, and trying to take baby steps towards being ‘human’ again… Over the years, the platitude ‘You’re so strong, I don’t know how you do it’ was added to the mix of cr@p sayings I was told…followed by ‘How DID you do it?’ The real answer? I did what I HAD to do to function. The. End. Surviving, to me, meant getting those ‘crazy demon voices’ out of my head and on to the paper – because once they were on the page I could clear that part of my brain to *try to* focus on other things…