Journal

Thank goodness for journals. I've been writing in a journal since I was six years old. Well I should say that I was very faithful about writing in my journal from age 6 to about age 22, then I pretty much stopped. So thank goodness for blogging, 'cause it has got me back in the habit of recording my thoughts every week. I love looking at old journal entries, old photos, and old family videos. Being able to look back on things that you've written and thought about in years past is so invaluable. Looking through old journal entries sometimes helps me to remember old lessons learned, old dreams that I once had and have since forgotten but probably shouldn't have, old memories of little things that my friends and family have done for me that seem like really big things now. I'm so sentimental. I get it from my dad I think. Remembering old stuff has always been really important to me. Forgetting just seems like such a sad alternative.

Here are four of my old journal entries, spanning from 1986 to 1989. We moved to Panama in 1986 and moved back to the states in 1989. These early entries always crack me up.