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I Have In My Possession The Diaries Of My Grandmother And Great Grandmother On My Mother's Side. In Addition I Have My Grandmother's Diary On My Father's Side. I Consider These Diaries To Be One Of My Most Prized Possessions.
I Decided After Reading Daily Entries Of My Grandmother's Life I Feel Compelled To Continue The Tradition Of Writing. Even Though I Have Enjoyed Writing For Many Years This Is As Far As I Have Taken It. I Consider It Risky To Publish Blogs On A Computer. I Have Found In Past Experiences Valued Information Lost To The Cyber World. If This Web Site That Allows You To Create Blogs To Someday Decide To No Longer Exist, The Blogs I Write And The Ones You Read Will Just Disappear. I Enjoy Writing Blogs And Sharing My Views On Various Issues.
The Diaries I Have Of My Grandmother's Are In Hard Copy. I Intend To Go Out And Purchase A Journal And Begin Writing In It Daily. I Haven't Discussed This With My Daughter. I Do However Hope She Show's Interest In Having My Journal And My Grandmother's Diaries. If Not Maybe One Of My Grandchildren Will Cherish The Words Shared In All The Daily Entries.
I Posess My Grandmother Nellie Groves Bailey's Diaries Dating Back To 1942. I Feel Cheated For Not Having The Pleasure In Getting To Know Her. The Years Between Us Were Too Many. I Try To Get To Know Her Through Her Writings, And By What I Have Been Told From Those Who Remember Her.
My Grandmother Buelah Bailey Rohrer I Did Know Well. I Have Many Fond Memories Of Her. Reading Her Daily Entries Made Me Aware The Important Things In Her Life. It Revealed God And Family Were The Most Valued, And I Got The Same Impression From My Grandma Bailey.
My Grandmother Alice Miller's Diaries Were Basically More Informative, Giving Information On Births, Weddings, Deaths Etc. Who Is It To Say What You Are Suppose To Write In A Diary Anyway? Whenever My Father Wants To Know When Something Happened He Will Ask My Mother To Look It Up In Her Diary. It Can Be A Handy Tool For Remembering Notable Events.
I Have Been Entering In Comments Made From Their Diaries Onto Facebook But To be Honest About It Some I Consider Boring. However I Do Appreciate Very Much What I Have. A Written History Of Events Whether They Are Happy Or Sad.
For Example My Great Grandmother Bailey's Son Floyd Died In WW2. His Ship Was Sunk And He Was On A Raft For Days Waiting To Be Rescued. Unfortunately He Wasn't Able To Hang On Long Enough To Survive. There Were Only Two Soldiers To Survive On His Raft. He Was Buried At Sea. She Didn't Write Too Much About Her Loss In Her Diaries. Of Course Everybody Deals With Grief Differently And In Her Case She Made Notice Of It On A Couple Different Entries.
My Grandmother Rohrer Faithfully Wrote In Her Diaries. Again Notable Things Of Importance Was Entered In. I Can Appreciate Their Words. I Can Picture My Grandmother's Sitting And Entering Whatever Is On Their Minds That Particular Day.
I Made A Promise To Myself That These Diaries And The Journal I Intend To Start Will Be Protected With All My Being. I Know Precisely What I Have And I Will Honor Them. If Not My Daughter I Will Make Sure All Of The Diaries Of Theirs And Mine Will Be Honored And Protected For Years To Come.