“The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
It might not lead to some great discovery that changes the face of civilization but should you ever chance upon a journal like this, I beg of you, save it. Share it.
Five. Years.
Five years of writing that proves this girl was here...was alive!
She had a mother, a father, friends, a pleated skirt bought from Penny's.
And now, you are a guardian of her life.
My wife found an 11-year-old girl's diary at the antique store. She read me an entry from 1957 in which the girl writes: “I didn't go to school today because of my feet. I've been soaking them all day.” Now my wife and I are crying.