It really is important that everyone keep a journal of their lives, not only to chronicle what happened in their lives, but to chronicle what happened in the world.
My great aunts and uncle are all deceased. With them, the legacy of a generation has died with nothing but little traces of photographs and letters. Even my father’s story is somewhat unknown to me as well as my mother’s.
They went through some interesting times, that may not have seemed interesting at the time, but now, are epic stories when condensed into a single book.