Every person should keep a journal 

It should be an enlightening one and should bring great blessings and happiness to the families. If there is anyone who isn’t doing so, will you repent today and change –change your life?  Spencer W. Kimball Ensign -May 1979.

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I found a funny journal entry from one of my journals I thought I’d share with you. The date is July 16, 1977.
I was 15 years old.
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“I will probably never go cherry picking again. We picked from 6:00 am to 2:00 pm and I only made $3.40. My friend Trudy made $5.20, because she had a whole crate more than me. I was so beat when I got home, I was almost asleep on my feet. Me and Trudy were gonna ride the bus from where we were picking cherries  home, and we ended up in another city. I had to call my mom to come and get us and bring us home. After Trudy left, I slept till 10:00 pm, then I woke up took a shower and wrote this in my journal. At least I know what it’s like to pick cherries, and I’ll probably never do it again!”

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I haven’t always written in my journal. And I don’t always do it now, but I am always glad that I did write the things I have written. Years later, it means so much to me. I have to believe it will mean something to someone else. Imagine my grand kids reading, about me cherry picking and laughing, about the way I describe it or how little money I made. If you haven’t written in a journal yet, try it. I is an experience you won’t regret, and neither will you posterity.
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 Theodore M. Burton counseled: “As a people we ought to write of our own lives and our own experiences to form a sacred record for our descendants. We must provide for them the same uplifting, faith-promoting strength that the ancient scriptures now give us” (Ensign, Jan. 1977).
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Happy Family History Friday! Love, Joy