I have several old diaries stuffed on top of my bookcase. They are hidden up there because they are from my Junior High and High School years. I don't know why I have them. I am pretty sure there is nothing edifying in them. The few times I have read through them in the recent years have made me blush and feel downright embarrassed.
I hate to throw them out because they symbolize who I was at those times. Yet, I don't want to imagine my grand kids finding them in a dusty old box and poring over my most intimate of feelings and experiences. Is that what I want my legacy to be?
Would/Do you keep things of that nature?
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I do keep them. And they're only PART of your legacy! Mine are more from my early college years, and they are plenty embarrassing. The way I see it, the story told in those old journals makes a great case for why I needed Jesus in my life.
I worry about what my grandkids might think, too - but maybe above all they'll realize I wasn't always an old lady!
I had a very detailed high school journal on my computer (Mac SE/30, top of the line with 4 count em 4 mb of RAM!) that is long gone. Sometimes I wish I could go back and read it sometimes I'm really glad it is gone!
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