Dear Diary,

December 16, 2010

Dear 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 of fun today!

-Natalie

December 17,2010

Dear diary,

          Today Emmie and me put up a tabel and sat at it. Then we did art class. Emmie gave me this jurnel, it’s pink with pretty caracters on it. Emmie is from Korea and has 1 big sister named Jessie. She’s nice.

-Natalie

December 30, 2010

Dear diary,

          My great grampa died Dec 22 but she told me today. I don’t know why she toled me 8 days after he had died. I think she didn't whont to see me hurt. My great grampa ment so much to me and to let him go was hard to do. I loved my great grampa whith all my hart and more and to fined out that he was ded I was so hurt more than ever before. My eyes filed whith teres. I had a present for him that I had to give away to some one eles. I relly want to see him so much. I never been so hurt in my life. He died in his sleep I think. We don't know how and when he died. I think when he was still sleeping in the morning. He made 3 wooden ducks 1 for my brother and 1 for my sissy and 1 for me. He was the only one who made stuff by hand for us. I miss him so much. Whel that’s the end of this for now. No thing matered more to me then my great grampa.

-Natalie

January 5, 2011

Dear diary,

          My friend Emmie is back in Korea now. Its sad that she had to leave. She was a good friend and was the best student in the class. She had the best hand writing and was always kind. We hopped she wuld have came back this scoohl year but she didn't.

-Natalie

August 2, 2011

Dear diary,

          We went to the river today! It was lots and lots of fun! I splashed my brother in the face!

-Natalie

December 27, 2012

Dear diary,

          My big sister Marie moved out Dec 15, 2011 last year. I didn't writ sooner because I was upset. I love my sissy and still do but I’m really sad I do not see her everyday anymore. My sissy got married to some guy named Kaleb. I don’t like him. My sister is 20 years old, my brother is 17 and I’m 11.

-Natalie

December 11, 2013

Dear diary,

          Its been a long time since I last wrote in here. A lot has happened since then. I’m 12 and my brother is 18 and my sissy is 20 still, her birthday is in 14 days. Well actually its only been about a year. But it seems to have been years. We got a puppy that is 1 years old and her name is Mandy. We have 3 cats, 1 bird and 2 dogs now. Its just me, Carl, mom and dad at the house now. I love to draw and play soccor and do lots of reading. Tomorrow is the Christmas program for school!

-Natalie

February 26, 2014

Dear diary,

          I just found out that my mom and dad are getting divorced. My dad leaves this Saturday. I don’t know where he will go or what we will do. I want to know why does it seem that every thing goes wrong? Why did they have to get divorced? Why is life so hard? Who can answer these questions? I love my daddy very much. And now I won’t see him that often. Why? Why? Why? Someone please tell me why? Why does he have to leave? Why does it hurt so much for him to leave?

-Natalie

 December 26, 2016

Dear diary,

          Hey, it’s me again. I know I haven’t written in about 2 years now but a lot has happened. After my parents divorced everything just kind of went downhill. We had to sell our house and move into our trailer. But just recently we got an apartment and now we stay there. I found out my dad wasn’t as good of a person as I thought he was. Guess being the youngest means everyone shelter’s you from seeing the bad parts of life. It still kind of hurts. We just had my sister’s 24th birthday and my brother is now 21. I’m 15 now. Well talk, or write in this case, later. I’m going to bed now. Its 10:15 at night, I’m tired. Oh, and tomorrow me and mom are going to see the new Star Wars movie. Star Wars: Rogue One. I'm really excited to see it!

-Natalie

December 18, 2019

Dear diary,

          Talk about time skips huh? Going through this again, the journal, is an experience to say the least. Don’t even get me started on the grammar and the spelling. A lot has changed over the years, that much I can see. Next week is my sister’s 27th birthday and Christmas of course. My brother is 24 and believe it or not I’m 18, I (lol) choose not to believe it. I’ve come to terms with the fact my dad isn’t a good person and that’s why my parents got divorced all those years ago. So that doesn’t really affect me anymore, thankfully. On another note I’ll be graduating college with my AA in spring 2020, I decided to do running start. I still hate school, that hasn’t changed. I still love to read, draw, play soccer, and write stories. I’ve also started doing martial arts. I’ve been working on my confidence in my writing and my drawings. Someone suggested that I post them online for people to see and read so that’s what I’ve been doing. I’ve got an Instagram account specifically for my art that no one I know can find and I have an account on Quotev for my stories. I’ve only got one story posted so far. The feedback, or likes, I get on my drawings and my one story are actually helping me feel better about them. This last August my family and I plus four friends took a trip down to Florida. We went to Disney World and Universal. We had a lot of fun and surprisingly didn’t get burnt once. I have an awesome best friend named Willow. She’s short and bubbly, always knows how to put a smile on my face. I’m glad I met her. It’s 3:12 pm and this is Natalie C. K. signing out.

-Natalie C. K