Cat Tales: Miscellany and Mischief

July 20 (30DBC)

July 20 30DBC Prompt: Tell us about a toy or memento from your childhood that you still have (or have the fondest memories of).

Mine's not really a toy, per se. You know those sparkly Lisa Frank diaries that were so popular back in the late 90's? The ones with dolphins and Panda Painter and that cute little hummingbird? Well, I had those, and those were my LIFE.

I remember the very first one I got, when I was about 6. It had this image   on it, or something fairly close. It had a little lock and key, and it was where I poured out everything in my little six-year-old heart. Random poetry that came to mind, how my day went at school, how massively excited I was for summer vacation, song lyrics I liked, plus loads of stickers and stick-figure drawings of stories I made up in my head. I even used it as my gradebook when I played teacher with my Raggedy Ann doll.

Journaling is still something very close to my heart, and it's a practice that's stayed with me throughout my adolescent and adult years. I can't go very long without pouring my heart out in words onto a document (or even on the Lisa Frank colored diary pages I printed out when I was feeling nostalgic). It's helped me grow so much as a writer, and over the years I've built quite the collection of journals and diaries, most half-filled, some full to bursting, but all precious to me.

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