The Sharing Journal

My daughter pulled out a composition book this afternoon and began chuckling soon after opening it up to read. She shares with me the idea behind the sharing book that she and her friends share among themselves.
Three friends who have been separated this year due to their class schedules. The composition book was created to share the events of each girl's week with the others.  Each girl recalls the funny conversations and the gossip overheard at lunch and near her lockers. The book is passed to the next girl to read and add her own stories and so on.

Her share book reminds me of a novel I read long ago. "The Secret Woman" by Victoria Holt. The book's heroine was a poor relation who ran her recently deceased aunt's antique shop. She is befriended by a beautiful, young nurse/companion who took care of her aunt. When the nurse accepts a position in the manor house in town she decides that they will have to share their daily lives through a journal. Each week they would meet and exchange the journal.

I think it's a wonderful idea to encourage my own journal writing. Perhaps if I imagined exchanging a journal with my best girlfriend I would begin to record my thoughts again on a daily basis. I kept a journal for years, but since returning to work full time, I find my days too cram packed with busy-ness to sit and reflect on my day.

It's an intriguing idea, and one to embrace. How will I describe my day? Will I only recount the daily grind, or go inward and reflect more deeply on one event? How would I describe today?