In the form of diary/ journal entries, write a story that provides glimpses into a person's life at different ages.

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“Dear Diary,” by Natasha Cook

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December 16, 2010Dear diary, Today we practised for the Crismiss program! We sing lots of Crismiss songs in music class and drew lots and lots of Crismiss cards! I can’t wait until Crismiss! It’s also my sissy’s birthday! She’s turning 18! I can’t wait for her to open her presents! I made her a scarf with mom. Its white and fuzzy soft with perple flowers and little yellow duckies! I hope she likes it! Mom helped a lot with it since I cuden’t cut it with the scisores. I had lots and lots o...

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“A Journey through time” by LaDonna Hargrove

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April 9th 2020Dear Diary, long time no hear. It's been quit some time since I've sat down and opened myself to you. First let me apologize for allowing my some what busy life take control over the one friendship that has always remained faithful to me. Where shall i begin? Well Diary last night i had dream. I've had similar dreams like this before but, this dream was a little different. In this dream i felt every emotion deep inside of my heart. It's kind of hard to explain. See i felt hurt and pain yet at the same time i felt happiness and ...

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“The rollercoaster that is life” by Mia Pacejka

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age 10 Today me and my sister went to the carnival in our city. It was great! I rode the Ferris wheel for the first time and I was not scared of the height. My sister made fun of me so I had to do it. Because I'm not scared if she is not. I also ate cotton candy. I love cotton candy. I wanted more candy but my mom said no so I couldn't. Tomorrow we are visiting our granny. I hope she cooks something for us. age 12 Mom just told me that granny died. I was kind of expecting it. She has been sick for a long time. I'm sad that she couldn't cook ...

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“Black Cat” by Cuneyd Kahraman

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Dear Diary,I’m writing to you to complete my homework. Although I may sound delusional talking to a book, this is for my teacher.Today I saw a cat, he came up to me with a mouse in his mouth. I don’t like mice, but I accepted his offering. He’s a black cat. Everyone says that black cats are bad luck, but honestly, what could he possibly do? Give me the plague?But a black cat is still a cat, and like all cats, he is very weird. He just gives away his food, he doesn’t look like a house cat either. If I was him, I’d eat the mouse rather than gi...

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“A Bowl of Life” by Petra ...

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4th of April 2005Hello? First entry? Or let us begin with the good old-fashioned dear diary…Today at school we got an assignment to write down everything that we do from waking up till going to bed. Kind of boring if you ask me, but what can I do, it is not like I can complain. Meh, let’s just get on with it…11th of April 2005Utter disaster! Today our teacher handed us the homework back. And he did not forget his snotty comments about mine. He even mentioned that I go to sleep with my stuffed teddy bear. Now I am the laughingstock in our cla...

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“Just in Time” by Violet Wald

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01.03.2013Today Grandmother tried to make me promise that I would invite her and dad to my future wedding. I nodded but held my fingers crossed. I hope it doesn’t count. If it does, there is no way I can get married when I grow up. I would like to, though. I told her that maybe I would never even have a husband. She gasped and put a hand on her chest. She breathed deeply until she calmed down. Then she hurried to the phone to tell my mother that there was something wrong with me. “You are not going to make a good wife with that kind of think...

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“Photo Frames, Baseball Jerseys, and Excessive Intoxication.” by Nishanth Ghaty

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Thursday, May 2nd, 20198:53 PMThe one thing that still evokes a sense of nostalgia within me is the rectangular, red color Tupperware gifted to me by Jason, a mere acquaintance who I’d met at church before he moved to Italy for an apprenticeship. Today, as I sit here, with my hair slowly greying, shoulders stiffening and knees crying for help during my weekly yoga sessions, that gift I received on my thirteenth birthday remains dear to me and has given me solace when people weren’t by my side. I vividly remember, just a few weeks after our g...

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“Walking To and Fro” by Naomi Kornmam

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April 6, 9:30 AMI just returned from my walk, my hour on the greenway near my condo. Now I am on my tiny patio, journal in my lap, steaming coffee at my side and Louie at my feet, looking through the opening in the gate waiting to greet other walkers as they pass by. It's early yet, but they'll be here. So many of us are outside walking and running and biking, staying outside and exercising while the coronavirus is lurking.Do you think that if anyone reads this journal years from now, they will know what the heck a coronavirus is, was? I wou...

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“New Normal” by Elizabeth Clark

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Dear diary, December 2, 2005This is my first entry. I always wanted a diary, to write my feelings, thoughts, and dreams in. And whatever I'm feeling that day. I think it would be interesting to look back at when I'm older, relive the memories. See how much I've changed. So I finally brought one. It's a plain purple book with lines inside. It has two hundred pages. My first of many diaries. Now let me introduce myself. I'm Clare Robbins, 11 years old. I want to be a veterinarian when I'm older. I love animals. We have a family dog, named Max....

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“Dearest Diary” by Katrina Miles

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July 28,1981Dear Diary,I read once in a book that's how to start writing in a book like this, by saying Dear Diary. I've watched my mom write in a Diary since the first day I can remember. Every morning she sits outside on the front porch and I watch her write without ever looking up until she is completely done. I remember one day I asked her what she was writing every single day in that book..She smiled and told me it was her journal or as some would call it, her diary. I didn't understand why in the world someone would want to write every...

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“Dear Diary,Maybe One Day” by KIM HASTINGS

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March 15,2020Dear Diary,2:50 am again. Third night in a row. I’ve tossed and turned to no avail. Sleep defies me, so I write.My day was mundane. Work, groceries, made supper, had a bath. Played with my kitty cat Jax for a while. He likes to snuggle. In bed early to watch some YouTube. Haven’t watched regular programming for months now. Why do I even still have the channels??Tried to go to sleep early, 10:00 pm. Laid awake until midnight. Now I’m up and have to officially get up in three hours for work. Ugh. Why am I not independently wealthy...

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“The diary of a perfectly imperfect human” by Maria Rafoncel

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Things I have to let go ofImagine being plunged into the cold river in wintertime. That´s the feeling that shoots down your spine when he walks into the room. But then you start talking to him. He seems pretty normal, even charming. You feel flattered, because he pays all his attention to you. You´re drawn in, nobody´s ever given you this kind of attention before. There is something in the back of your head that is bothering you, but you don’t have the time to dwell on that thought as he keeps you busy conversing.Maybe you should´ve listened...

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“Diary of a Hermit Crab” by Anna Bohr

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June 1, 2000Dear Diary,Mom gave me this journal so I could write down all my memories of my first year of overnight summer camp. I forgot about it until now. I wish I had something better to tell you. We discovered my cabin has a mouse in it (not a fun experience). The bugs here think I’m a Thanksgiving feast (these bites really itch). But worse of all, we did skits in a bag. Basically the staff puts things in a bag and you have to make up a skit using everything in the bag. This is to be acted at campfire time.I told the Counselor Katie I w...

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“Everything will be K” by Smruthi Sriram

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April 14, 2004Dear Diary, Guess what? I got a kitten today! She was living in a bush in front of our house and looked so scared. My dad says it was a stray. I kept feeding her milk and she’s no longer scared of me. I begged to keep her, and dad finally caved in. He knows I’ve always loved animals and I’ve been begging for a pet ever since I could talk.I got to go now and play with my new kitten! I’ll write again soon!Love, K <3January 7, 2014Dear Diary, I can’t remember the last time I wrote here. I can flip back the page a...

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“Tea & Tedium” by Sadie Bell

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July 1, 1883 Had tea with the ladies at Mrs. Mercer’s this afternoon. It’s hard to dislike her dusty crumpets when they’re accompanied by such tokens as this lovely leather-bound diary. She gifted it me for Canada Day; scarlet and gold, it’s simply regal! I’d say it amounts to my finest possession. I bet she knows that, too, the cow. How she does go on about her trips to New York City and summers in Saratoga, knowing full well the rest of our histories—histories erased with migration, histories left behind, histories we must pretend never ex...

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In the form of diary/ journal entries, write a story that provides glimpses into a person's life at different ages.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 135 stories

“Dear Diary,” by Natasha Cook

“A Journey through time” by LaDonna Hargrove

“The rollercoaster that is life” by Mia Pacejka

“Black Cat” by Cuneyd Kahraman

“A Bowl of Life” by Petra ...

“Just in Time” by Violet Wald

“Photo Frames, Baseball Jerseys, and Excessive Intoxication.” by Nishanth Ghaty

“Walking To and Fro” by Naomi Kornmam

“New Normal” by Elizabeth Clark

“Dearest Diary” by Katrina Miles

“Dear Diary,Maybe One Day” by KIM HASTINGS

“The diary of a perfectly imperfect human” by Maria Rafoncel

“Diary of a Hermit Crab” by Anna Bohr

“Everything will be K” by Smruthi Sriram

“Tea & Tedium” by Sadie Bell

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