This October I’m going back.
I’m diving into my diaries, journals, and prayer journals to visit the girl I once was. To find the parts of her that still exist today. To see how she’s changed. How she grew up.
And mostly I’m looking for the fingerprints of God in my life.
“Dear Diary,” were two words I wrote a lot, but what came after those two words have always been a secret. Until now.
I’m sharing with you my diary entries.
They will either be verbatim or edited to protect the people I love and know and were named in the original pages 😀
Let’s go!
This is the landing page for the “31 Days of Dear Diary” series. I’m doing this series as part of #write31days from the Nester, which happens every October. Come join us in this crazy and awesome writing challenge! I will update this page with links to each post. You can always come back to this page if you miss a post. Bookmark this page to find it easier, or subscribe to my blog and get the posts sent to your inbox!
Day 1: Dear Diary, The Car Broke Down
Day 2: Dear Diary, When I Grow Up
Day 3: Dear Diary, My First Time on an Airplane
Day 4: Dear Diary, I Wrote A Poem
Day 5: Dear Diary, Untitled and Undated
Day 6: Dear Diary, Dear God
Day 7: Dear Diary, I Know It’s Not Good For Me
Day 8: Dear Diary, What is Beauty?
Day 9: Dear Diary, I’ll Date Who I Want, When I Want
Day 10: Dear Diary, I Got Water Baptized
Day 11: Dear Diary, I Can’t Take It
Day 12: Dear Diary, I Testify
Day 13: Dear Diary, It’s a Blessing
Day 14: Dear Diary, I Got a Job
Day 15: Dear Diary, I’m In the Youth Group
Day 16: Dear Diary, I Think God’s Calling
Day 17: Dear Diary, I’m Hester Prynne
Day 18: Dear Diary, How I Love You
Day 19: Dear Diary, Listen to Me
Day 20: Dear Diary, I Am a Mess
Day 21: Dear Diary, I’m Stuck
Day 22: Dear Diary, I Remember the Fear
Day 23: Dear Diary, Where Do I Jump?
Day 24: Dear Diary, My Rule of Life
Day 25: Dear Diary, I Need Everlasting Love
Day 26: Dear Diary, The End of Darkness
Day 27: Dear Diary, I Have a Scar
Day 28: Dear Diary, I Had a Disturbing Dream
Day 29: Dear Diary, I Don’t Like Waiting
This is such a fun idea! I literally just retrieved all my old journals (2 boxes full!) from my parents’ house last week! Maybe I’ll consider doing something similar…. would you mind?
You should go for it! It was so much fun to read my thoughts when I was younger 🙂
What a cool idea (and what a brave girl you are!). I occasionally look over my old journals (I’ve been keeping them for 34 years or so) to see where I’ve been and how I’ve changed.
Thank you, Anita. As I hunted down my old journals, I realized I need a box to keep them together! And I’m trying to be brave 🙂 and accept the embarrassing moments I can see are about to come, haha!