Courtship Journal
So, um. Over fifteen years later, I've finally finished the journal I kept while Kevin and I were dating.
When Kevin and I started dating, my dad encouraged me to start a journal. So I did. I have always had a hard time opening a book and writing directly into it. I'm worried about messing up! misspelled words! leaving something out! so most of the journal was accomplished by writing on notebook paper and then copying it when I was happy with what I had written down. By the time we got married, I had a lot of filled notebook paper and a mostly empty journal. At the beginning of our marriage, I worked on it here and there but then at some point set it aside and forgot about it.
So in May I spent just over 2 hours copying. And now it is done!
I'm glad I wrote things down. I wrote things that I was writing because I experienced or felt them, not because I was worried I'd forget them. As I copied my own writings into the journal, it felt a little funny because I had completely forgotten so many of the events and emotions of that time frame. It felt like I was copying someone else's writings, but no, it was my own handwriting.
These days, I keep a One Line a Day journal. That's more my speed. I keep it current - no notebook pages filled with writing to copy! :-) I've got 2 1/2 years worth of journaling in one convenient little book.
Cost: $0
Running Total: $43.55
PS Apparently "journaling" isn't a word. What word or words would you use in its place?
2 comments:
I think journaling should be a word. It's been around long enough. Let's make a petition to the English dictionary people. Whatcha think? :)
I agree! If "blogging" can be a word, why can't "journaling"???
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