Words...
I've been putting words on paper for 50 years. They are my therapy, my solace, and my memories that remind me of my strength and promise me I will get through this too ....whatever this is.
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Your Fabulous is Showing and JOURNALING ~ Therapy for Your Soul are both available via my website. You can find them here
Blog...
Words help us heal, help us feel less alone, make us laugh out loud, and help us find joy in the little things. Here are a few of mine I hope you enjoy....


Sasha
- Oct 28, 2020
- 1 min
Hints from History
I had a scrapbook as a teenager….
I carefully cut out newspaper clippings, attached photos, kept ticket stubs and made my own ‘scrapbook paper’ with crayons and markers. The yellowed paper edges curled with time, the photos faded, and ticket stubs got lost when old glue dried up and tossed them to the wind. That old scrapbook is history now, the pages long gone and the special occasions just a memory. But I found another scrapbook recently, one filled with household hints,
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