Whether you wrote in a diary every day as a youngster or you have only recently taken up the habit, saving your diary is the only way to go. Once you have filled out the pages with inner thoughts and feelings, don’t be too quick to throw the diary away. While you might not want anyone reading your old diaries now, you will leave behind the opportunity for family members to really get to know you later. Reading through a loved one’s diary even years after they have passed away gives the reader a true sense of who they were and how they lived. As they watch your struggles and triumphs through the entries in you diary can bridge gaps and heal your absence.
Such findings have led to some of the most prominent diary books in the world. Anne Frank’s diary is the most common printed personal writing there is, but there are many other diary publications that have come to be known as some of the most personal and expressive writings available today. With the diary making way for more electronic forms of communication, there is really something special about leaving the paper, handwritten book behind for future generations.
Just because you are saving your diaries now doesn’t mean you should be writing just in case someone finds it after you are gone from the planet. It just means that there will always be the option for your children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren to know you better and kindle a new connection to you, even if you aren’t here to share it with them.
