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When did you start journaling?

London,England

BlueEar:

My interest in journaling began at the age of 9.  My family had moved and I no longer had the physical connections to all of my  friends. As a child friends were important for me in sharing and coming together. Our separation created a loneliness for me.

I began to read my parents magazines that came thru the mail and recognized there were magazines for children and I began reading them. In one of the magazines in the advertising section, I saw an ad of becoming a pen pal. While shopping with my mother at our local store I saw a diary with a lock and key. I asked my mother if I could have one and it became my first book of journeling my hurts, pain, and joys as a child while writing and receiving letters from others.