My father kept a daily diary for 15 years (when I was a kid) until his death. Eventually (when I retired) I scanned all the pages so I have them electronically, and I read them. It was interesting to see his view of me as a child. Also, major events in his life (death of a close friend, him seeing a friend weekly after that person's stroke) that he did not discuss with me as a kid. The relationship with his wife (my mother) change over time. I now see something in the news about a past event and will look up what he thought of that event. In my case he typed his diary so I was able to scan them and turn them into searchable Word documents.
So I suggest you save them by scanning them (or you re-type them so there is no issue of reading your handwriting). You can then email the documents to your kids and grandkids to save on their computers. Someday one or more of them will read them and enjoy the story of your life. I have also started a diary, typed, which I will pass onto my kids and grandkids (unfortunately after my kids were grown). Scanning is easy, I purchased the cheapest scanner/printer, about $30 at Walmart. Most computer systems have a scanning software built in, but the printer/scanner came with its own. Scan each page into a PDF document, not one PDF document per page though, the scanning software will let you scan multiple pages into a single document. Break up into separate files by month or by year depending upon the number of pages you have per period. Label the documents by date and year, usually "year-month" file name so they sort in order as files on a computer.
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