tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150179607441468539.post3800000430952985634..comments2023-05-01T09:11:48.468-05:00Comments on Dawn Alexander: Letters I never meant to sendDawn Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812066956850617957noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150179607441468539.post-60651272821363223902011-10-01T07:29:46.116-05:002011-10-01T07:29:46.116-05:00Tressa~ I have been tempted to go back and read mi...Tressa~ I have been tempted to go back and read mine from my early twenties, especially from when I first met my husband. Wonder if my first impressions of him would still hold up today. :) <br /><br />I never thought about leaving an entry for a future reader. That is a great idea.Dawn Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12812066956850617957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150179607441468539.post-30755159076369818742011-09-30T00:01:14.528-05:002011-09-30T00:01:14.528-05:00I've kept a journal since I was quite young. I...I've kept a journal since I was quite young. I don't know if it's fortunate or unfortunate that all my journals up to that point burned in the house fire or not. My teenaged journals, if I remember correctly, were as full of angst as any girl's would be. It would be my early twenties diaries that I miss most. I know I'd written about having the kids and other "deep thoughts". Overall, it's probably for the best they're gone.<br /><br />In the journals I keep now, I will occasionally make an entry to a future reader, most generally a family member reading it after I've died. lolTressa Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09597476567768952334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150179607441468539.post-90331414195773453012011-09-29T20:37:34.803-05:002011-09-29T20:37:34.803-05:00Loree~ I have kept mine, but I am not sure why. On...Loree~ I have kept mine, but I am not sure why. On one hand, I don't want my daughters reading them, but on the other, I can't imagine destroying them.<br /><br />Kristine~ I know what you mean about it still being too close. Some of them, I can't even read. <br /><br />Chloe~So true. Everything you said is just so true.Dawn Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12812066956850617957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150179607441468539.post-62721230311640263232011-09-29T19:51:10.873-05:002011-09-29T19:51:10.873-05:00I learned the very hard way never to read another ...I learned the very hard way never to read another person's journal. Likely there is stuff in there you don't want to read, and some of it might not even be true.<br /><br />I think this story is awful to contemplate. You cannot draw conclusions about an adult woman from her teenage journals.Chloehttp://chloeofthemountain.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150179607441468539.post-78186636216578385402011-09-29T19:36:46.940-05:002011-09-29T19:36:46.940-05:00I had 30 journals like this, maybe more. Wish I...I had 30 journals like this, maybe more. Wish I'd saved them for fodder for my YA. LOL. They were full of angst and like Loree says, first fiction. I'm sure there were entries where I sounded so sad, that it would have come across as suicidal, though I never was.<br /><br />I came across a book of poems and anecdotes the other day and really thought about posting some of them to my blog in a sort of "letters to myself" kind of format. But, you know what, I put them away again. Twenty-five years later, and it still feels too close. LOL. <br /><br />Maybe someday. Who knows.Kristine Asselinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18257286523945921891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6150179607441468539.post-22737663227197362892011-09-29T09:51:29.392-05:002011-09-29T09:51:29.392-05:00When I moved about ten years ago, I ran across an ...When I moved about ten years ago, I ran across an old diary. I burned it in the outdoor fireplace. <br /><br />I think teen years are filled with confusion. Alot of the stuff I had written were half truths...or you could call it my first fiction. I was never that girl in the diary. I think there was a time that I wish I was.<br /><br />Interesting post.Loree Huebnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09845600356878587780noreply@blogger.com