Dear Journal,
As I read back over entries from my childhood journal, I realized that I still feel like that same person. I can remember thinking back then that me at thirty would be some foreign stranger, an adult with little in common with the child.
I wonder if twenty years from now I will look back on these entries and feel the same way. I wonder if I will still feel like the same person as I am now, only see more wrinkles when I look in the mirror! :) I love you, 50 year old, Ellen. Don't get depressed and feel "old." Live life to the fullest---think of Lisa Brewer. You are only as old as you feel and act--young will shine through your eyes and smile. Being happy--that comes from a walk with God. I hope and pray that life don't beat me down.
I have experienced some heartache in life the past twenty years and have not allowed it to define who I am. I pray that whatever the next twenty years holds, I will be able to see my life through God's eyes. BE BEAUTIFUL--inside and out.
