tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post342813132099346910..comments2024-03-28T12:32:22.632+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: The BeginningSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-7374879333394102082012-02-25T22:06:46.111+00:002012-02-25T22:06:46.111+00:00I too kept diaries and journals from the age of tw...I too kept diaries and journals from the age of twelve onward but at various points got rid of them, mostly because of moving and not wanting an excess of clutter. Though much of the writing was a child's view of the world, it might be interesting to re-visit the person I was then...<br /><br />PS: Not only are humans whiny as teens, some of them experience whiny lives at menopause...While that has yet to occur for me, I have been warned...ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-87265778824244136432012-02-25T18:19:33.026+00:002012-02-25T18:19:33.026+00:00i think all future writers feel the urge at some p...i think all future writers feel the urge at some point in childhood to keep a journal. i kept one faithfully until i got married! i still have my early ones, too. and the ones written in my 20s are harrowing! and yet i keep them. should i throw them away? i would be horrified to have my children read them!37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-22261492729898620902012-02-25T01:02:01.910+00:002012-02-25T01:02:01.910+00:00LOL, Liz -- I brought a suitcase expressly for thi...LOL, Liz -- I brought a suitcase expressly for this purpose! (And actually it belongs to Dave!)<br /><br />I think EVERYONE is whiny as a teenager, Bug. It's basically a requirement.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-26033718790103280612012-02-24T15:52:20.669+00:002012-02-24T15:52:20.669+00:00I've read some of my early journaling & ye...I've read some of my early journaling & yeah - not exactly riveting stuff. Apparently I was really whiny as a teenager - sometimes as I was reading I wanted to go back to 16 year old Bug & say, "really? really?" Ha!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-45263569609826131542012-02-24T15:32:57.833+00:002012-02-24T15:32:57.833+00:00I'm shocked to hear you have a suitcase! he h...I'm shocked to hear you have a suitcase! he he... lizAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-51453024688282824882012-02-24T15:06:48.675+00:002012-02-24T15:06:48.675+00:00Yeah, I destroyed a couple of my college journals ...Yeah, I destroyed a couple of my college journals because they were just embarrassing. Not lame so much as full of youthful drama. I may find these childhood journals to be lame -- stay tuned!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-56881432040043131812012-02-24T14:24:26.230+00:002012-02-24T14:24:26.230+00:00A few years back when I moved I unearthed some jou...A few years back when I moved I unearthed some journals I had written and an adolescent. I was SOOOOOOO embarrassed by what was in there. Not real personal stuff, again I was just a kid, but it was so shallow and lame. Still have them though I can't bring myself to read them again.<br /><br />Ms. MMs.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03426159534525251722noreply@blogger.com