Scribblings

A Shared Journal?

If you had the chance to have a 'shared journal' with your partner, what would it be like? What would you use it for? How deep would you want it to go? What is your fantasy of sharing a journal with someone else?

If TB and I shared a journal, I think we would write love letters and notes to each other. Sometimes it’s so much easier to express in writing your heart’s message. I’ve found that when I try to talk to someone on a deep level, I don’t always feel that I’m saying all I mean to say. That is why I so much prefer a letter or email to a phone call.

Anyway, getting back to the shared journal, if it was online I suppose it wouldn’t get into the deepest levels. These are feelings TB and I have for each other. Do we want the whole world to know? If this was a public journal I think we might just share our views about events and beliefs. Maybe we wouldn’t always agree. That would be interesting.

If I shared a journal with one of the kids, we could write each other letters about our values, what we want and hope for, complain to each other about stuff ... now that could be really unique! Maybe a journal like that would bring us closer together? Now there is a thought! If I shared a journal with a friend, I imagine it would be somewhat similar to a journal with the kids.

My fantasy of sharing a journal is that it would be such a unique, witty, and fascinating experience … enough to get our journal published into a book!

Saturday Slant:

What is your favorite rainy day activity?
When you don't have to work, when the day is all your own, what do you choose to do on a rainy day? Do you: build a fire? Pop in your favorite DVD? Read the latest bestseller? Play board games with the kids? Clean the house? Just what is your favorite rainy day activity when the day belongs entirely to you?

The last thing I’d want to do on a rainy day is clean the house. To me, rainy days are lazy days. I don’t particularly like being out in the rain and if I don’t have to drive, I won’t. Probably my most favorite rainy day activity is sleeping. After that, I love to listen to music, play with the computer, read a good book, and watch old movies. I would like to play board games but the kids don’t seem to be interested in that anymore. They would all be busy playing video games or watching cartoons or messing with their computers!