Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Please do not throw them away! I wish so much the mother I never got to know or any of my family prior would have left me a part of them , a part of your history is the reason that your great great great granddaughter will choose some of the choices she does. Your children will change their mind also once you are gone.
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Please don’t throw them out. While your kids don’t seem interested now, they may feel very different when you are gone. If you have grandkids they may want them. My mom used to write poetry. She developed dementia and in the early stages she threw them out. My heart is still broken. How I wish I had them.
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I always make time for meaningful things. Yes. I have done it too.
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Donate them to a genealogy/historian society.
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There may be an aspiring writer that would write a story of your life using the diaries. Perhaps a school or college English teacher or librarian can help you find someone?
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I have a few letters sent by some ancestors. The most interesting are from soldiers written during the Civil War (Union side) and WWI. First hand accounts of what they experienced were fascinating.
Perhaps if the OP scans just observations and interesting topics it would leave a good and worthwhile read.
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"No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth." Plato “To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.” Thomas Paine |
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I’ve just published the journal I kept from 1974-75, when I worked in the operating room of a bush hospital in Rwanda. Have a look! It’s called “They Don’t Eat Missionaries Anymore.” Lots of photos. Robot Check |
#39
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Take pictures of the pages, then store them on an external hard drive.
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#40
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Here is a "very" rough estimate to hire a company to scan 10 years of diaries.
10 years x 365 days x $.08 per page = $292. |
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Have them scanned. There are places that will. Literary club can help you self publish. At the very least have a box with your name on it. My Life (your name)
Please don’t discard a life time record. Child can chang their minds. |
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I can only say that I wish my Grandma or even my Mom has kept diaries so that I could understand how they lived and dealt with the major (and minor) events in their lives. My Mom now has Alzheimer’s and I can’t get those memories from her. It saddens me that as a kid and after I didn’t think these things were important. Give the disries to your grandkids. They’ll be glad you did one day.
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#43
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Two answers...
1. Burn them so no one reads about your deepest thoughts. 2. Clean them up. Sanatize them, condence them and put them in a readable format and donate them to a library. My wife is a jenelogist and has checked out biographies of local citizens from which she dreives the personal feelings of a wildwood citizen no politics, no left or right leaning just true life as seen through the eyes of a working man. Quote:
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A good friend of mine in California who is an archivist would be willing to take your diaries for preservation.
For more details, contact Rich at details(at)accessiblyliveoffline.com -Thanks! |
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Box them and label them for your grandchildren. Please believe me, they will be pleased to have them even if it is after you are gone.
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