Robin, thank you for your kind, encouraging words. They give me an entirely different perspective! (I miss you!)

Kristina, that’s a great idea. Maybe I’ll stick a copy in each tub.

I haven’t burned my journals yet because I still occasionally go back to read them. Sometimes I need a firsthand account of something that happened in the past, or a situation pops up enough to make me feel I need to learn something from it. I think I’d take a real emotional hit if I got rid of my journals now. I’ve considered the “burn this” option as well. It may even be what ultimately happens.

As for my own journals, my family is under a strict “burn these, do not read” instruction if I get hit by a truck. Now, why haven’t I just discarded them myself, in that case? Good question…

Thank you! That last line was a relief to me. Up until it was written, I wasn’t quite sure exactly how to describe what those journals mean in my world!

TomTom — thank you!

Robert, so that’s how you’ll know if you’re dealing with the real me … is it scribbling away …

Sherry, it’s interesting how my own relationship with my journals is changing. In the past, I might have laughed at the idea that anyone would treasure hearing my voice through a page. But my thinking is shifting as I get older, and despite my concerns about how the contents of my journals might be perceived, I’m glad that I didn’t burn them years ago. But stay tuned … this could change!