I don’t have much time to Steemit tonight. Instead, I am working on a journaling project for a little girl I know. This little girl was removed from her home, and is currently living with her aunt. She briefly stayed with me recently, which gave me the opportunity to see that she is a sweet soul. It is a moving experience to observe how truly good some people are, despite their difficult circumstances, and how resilient. One thing about her that stuck out was her inability to express emotion. When it came to any emotion outside of happiness, she had no voice.
I bought her a hardback sketchbook that I plan to spend the next week turning into a journal for her. My hope is that if she will use it, she can acclimate herself to expressing some of her feelings in a way that makes her feel safe. I am doing some simple sketches and entries in the beginning of the book with the prompt "Today I am feeling...". I hope my entries will give her some inspiration to fill up the rest of the book. But also, it is a way of letting her know that I care, because everybody needs somebody to care about them.