Work Out Your Worries by Writing

My mother also wrote through her unease, as this story suggests (November). But she’d place her “notes to God” in our Bible, which she eventually gave to me. While looking for a home 30 years later, I wrote a list of everything we wanted (including a pool, per my husband’s request) and placed it in the Bible. We found our ideal home, but I forgot to ask that the pool be in perfect condition and filled with water. Now we make our writing very detailed!

—Kari Lauri Phoenix, Arizona