Odd Discovery

[sabrinamari]

I've just realized that between my LJ and the whole box of crammed blank book journals in the back of my closet, I have 15-20 years of journals filled with the experience of my life.

I can't bring myself to throw them away, but I have no idea what to do with them.

Oh well, off to the gym...I've missed it...it's been four long days without it!

Comments

[glenmarshall.livejournal.com]

Mining it as a spiritual journey, and writing a book(s) based on it comes to mind. Share the wonderful person that you are, including the not-so-wonderful parts.

And, what with the fads of reality TV and other public confessionals, I'm sure you have some sort of residual value if you want to fictionalize it.

[(Anonymous)]

Sabrina,

These are as invaluable as you. A collection of your journey could be a work that inspires those who have walked with you as well as those to come.

A blend of your life experiences and the Woman's studies has such great potential. It may be a work that will come in time.

Brooke Medicine Eagle's work "Buffalo Woman Comes Singing" is a work that I think echoes what you have to offer as a spiritual elder to those in our community and beyond.

I know how to present this will come to you.

[siobhra.livejournal.com]

I kept a journal for most of my life. (slipped lately)

When my daughter and I found each other after all those years I knew I could never survive knowing her and then losing her again. If we were not going to be together forever I did not want to risk connecting again. So I gave her the books. She sat down and read my whole life. Both the good and the bad as well as my deepest secrets. In those books I bared my self to her.

I know where I stand. In one evening she knew me better than anyone else she knew their whole life.

[shades-of-nyx.livejournal.com]

A memoir awaits.