IWSG: My Journal

 It's October 1st already!! 

Which means it's officially Spooky Season! I actually don't like really spooky things, but I love all the cartoonish ghosts and cute pumpkins! 

This year I've promised my kids who are all adults that I would actually decorate our house for all the seasons. Every year our house has all the most lame decorations, even for Christmas. I always put up a tree, and I string some lights down our stair railing but that's about it. So we will see if I can impress my kids this year. 😂

Anyway it is also the first Wednesday of the month and I'm just barely getting my IWSG post up in time! I will go to check out everyone else's posts tomorrow.

Go visit all our awesome co-hosts for the October 1 posting of the IWSG: Beth Camp, Crystal Collier, and Cathrina Constantine!

Here is the optional question for this month.

October 1 question - What is the most favorite thing you have written, published or not? And why?

I have written poetry, children's stories, fantasy, and a memoir (the only published work), but I think my most favorite thing I've ever written is my journal. Sometimes my journal is my best friend, my therapist, and simply my place to store my memories and gratitude. It also acts as a sort of first draft to all my ideas. A place where I can simply write, unscripted and just let all of my thoughts pour out onto the paper. I do actually mean paper. I have written digital journals too but there is something about the act of creating letters with a pen on paper, it connects me with the past. 

What a magical thing to be able to leave thoughts and ideas for anyone else to read throughout time like the Epic of Gilgamesh which was written over 4,000 years ago according to the Yale University Press website. 

What is your most favorite thing you've written? Do you like Spooky Season? 

Have a wonderful October!!

Love,

 Kathy💕💕