Non-blog Journal

Posted 07/25/2006 at 7:43 pm in Blogs, Life

Alli and I started new journals last night. She went to her parents house on Sunday night to help them faux paint their dining room and while she was there, she found some journals that were about 25 years old, written by her parents.

Her parents gave her permission to read through them and she brought them home with her. I picked her up at the half-way point in Mound City and she read from them to me as we drove home. It was such a cool insight into the lives of her parents when they were only just a bit older than us. They talked about their girls (Ashley was 2 and Alli was 4 when the journals begin), their church beliefs, their feelings about their friends and such. It was really cool because they journalled on the same days and it was interesting to read what they talked about individually on the days that they experienced the same things.

Their voices really came through in their writing and it was really neat to see that.

So Alli and I have decided to do it. Before we got home from Mound City last night, we stopped at Borders and picked up journals to write in (mine’s red, Alli’s is black) and we put our first entries in last night. I’m excited for us to do this together. I think that it will be a great thing for us to look back on in 10 or 20 years and remember our thoughts and feelings when we were still in our 20’s (not much longer for me…grrrrrr…).

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4 Responses to “Non-blog Journal”

  1. Heidi

    - 8:08 pm on 07/25/2006

    I’ve done this for years. Now I keep one just for the non-blog-safe stuff. It’s SO fun to go back and look at what I wrote in 4th grade.

    I also have my Grandma’s journals. She was going to THROW THEM AWAY. I about died.

  2. Alli

    - 10:14 pm on 07/25/2006

    I felt like I stumbled upon a hidden treasure while I was home. I never thought I would have the chance to read a replay of the way I ran into my parents room and woke them up on my fifth birthday saying “Well, I am five today but I don’t feel any taller.” That is just the surface…I read so many beautiful entries, I laughed, I cried. I am really happy they trusted me to read their journals. I am looking forward to writing in ours together - I have been inspired by the memories I was able to become a part of threw the thoughts of my parents.

  3. Julie

    - 10:39 am on 07/26/2006

    I have had a journal since I moved to Michigan in 1990, but there are gaps of time where I didn\’t write so consistently. I\’ve picked the habit up again and carry my journal with me every day (that\’s why I need such big purses). Writing in my journal provides me with a clarity of thought that always catches me off guard. Good for you two. Enjoy.

  4. Sarah

    - 11:07 am on 07/26/2006

    That\’s one of the most wonderful things I\’ve ever heard. I really like that idea. Rich HATES journaling, but maybe he\’d do a few sentences here and there. I think this is just such a wonderful piece of history for your family. Thanks so much for sharing!

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