Our past is just that, our PAST... and without it we wouldn't be where we are today.
Every once in a while I will turn the pages (actual paper pages) in my private/personal journal and diary that I started keeping up to date when I was in 7th grade. There is a lot of revealing detail in the what I wrote then that orchestrated my transition in later years when I was in college up to now.
There are family pictures and other various pictures, report cards, school picture albums, events that I attended, friends that I had made, old employment resumes, my HRT progress reports and photos, etc.... .... basically all my life experiences that I have documented.
I do not bury my past, I do indeed embrace my past, it is and will always be a part of me.
On cold rainy nights I will sometimes cuddle in my comfy chair in front of my fireplace and sit and read for hours, sometimes bringing tears to my eyes and sometimes a smile to my face. Keeping a private and personal journal and diary, at least for me, is very beneficial personal therapy... it lets me see problems that I encountered and then solutions that I took to overcome those problems.
Just my opinion, that is all...............
Danielle
