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My mother kept a diary in the late 1930's and early 1940's while she was in high school and college. My sister and I have really enjoyed reading the entries over the years. She lived in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and certainly had quite a different life than we did. She spent a lot of time with her cousins, so we got family history along with her daily life experiences.

I have thrown away most of my journals. I definitely consider whether I would want my daughters to read anything I wrote.

Edie,if you like to write, you should turn it into a book! I read a book one time about women who settled the prairie. The author found a trunk full of notes and old letters and journals that her grandmother had kept, thinking she would write a book someday. What a find!