Journaling

As I was in the shed hauling out boxes to start the process of whittling down the children's clothes (and wondering why I ever thought it was a brilliant idea to put these boxes in the very back) I came across my box of memories. I decided to open it up & go through some of the stuff. While I did find some stuff to get rid of, I also found something I surprisingly wanted to keep. I've owned many diaries over the years and I have yet to fill one up. Of course it didn't help that I would go back and rip out the pages when I came across an embarrasing entry. However, I was surprised at how much I actually recorded in this mini Hello Kitty diary during Jr. High & HS. Especially when majority of it was important things and not just the typical blurb about whatever boy I was currently oogling over. I can't believe how much I had forgotten about friends, births, trials, love, & even death. It reminds me that I need to be better about recording the current things that are important to me- my marriage, motherhood, my children & their quirks, my relationships with my siblings, extended family, & inlaws.