(no date given) 1984/85

Dear Diary,

These are the two psalms I love 150 and 122.

Dear Diary,

We got a cat that somebody left on the side of the road. Its gray black and white so we call it Ashes. We are going to get another dog in spring of 85 but I cant wait until spring. I hope we get a golden retrever just like Nooten [Newton].

Dear Diary,

Friday i was playing with Elaine. It was fun we were playing tent. Alan was playing with us. Glow Bug was our flash light. When we got out from under the blanket Elaine was the only one whom got a shock.

Dear Diary,

I'm going out side now the wind is mean so Lord wish us to be safe.

Dear Diary,

My father will not let me put wall paper on my doll house walls you should see them.

Dear Diary,

I remember the first day I met H. R. We both were so shy and boy were we shy.

(no date given) 1984

Dear Diary,

I miss my aunt Janet. I was so young I haven't seen her in four years. I pray Liz and Wayne get married! Dear Diary, I'm excited! This is the day before Junior Girl Scouts. My troop leader is my friends mom [illegible] her dauter is my friend.

September (no day given), 1984

[There are pages missing from the beginning of this diary and from what I can hazily recall, I think my first few remaining entries are "re-writes" of what I tore out, and this may account for the September coming after November. But who knows. I was just a kid with bad handwriting.]

Dear Diary,

In school we are building a new playground! Its going to be huge most every class helped! It was being worked on: 27, 28, 29, 30! First song I kept that I wrote:

Prayer

Jesus enter my hearte I love and care for everyone. You light up my life with glory. I wounder what heaven is like. I love to sing and dance. Please help me to become famouse! Please I love and trust you. Amen

November (no day given), 1984

Dear Diary,

When I turned eight on my birthday I had 9 friends come over! It was horible! Know one wanted to listen., fight, yelling, pushing, shoving, kicking oh it was awful. The only one behaving was me!

August (no day given), 1984

Dear Diary,

In August 1984 on my brother's birthday we had a wind sheer hit! It nocked down 2 and 3 halfs of our trees! We had a tree in our back yard with a tree house in it and that tree got up rooted. Now it's a ground house! There was a tree across the road that was up rooted too. There was lots of excitment on Alan's birthday.

June (no day given), 1984

Dear Diary,

In part of 1984 I had a crumy teacher. Her name was Mrs. D. She was nice at times but not in June! I was late handing in Reading papers only. [That line had been crossed out] I handed them in. She corrected them. Then on the last day of school she dropped me a full grade in everything when it was only reading! that I missed!

January (no day given), 1984

Dear Diary,

When I was eight I liked to sing and dance, so I started a group called The Sayers. There are only two peopl in The Sayers club and that's me and my friend Heather R. We are tight friends. I had many many mor friends another friend of mine is Heather K. No one liked her in my class all but me and Heather C. Me and Heather C. are good friends too. Heather likes me a lot I like her a lot too.