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Well… not that many people weighed in on this question…

In the end my love for this book broke the tie (it was tied with the red Poppies book, which is my second favourite book)… which should make Serin happy (laugh).

This book is a hard cover book, lined, and the paper inside is the a faded version of the cover (light green, sage and cream bamboo with darker grey lines…). It is about 5.5 x 8 inches, and has 2 marking ribbons in it.

The one thing that kinda pushed THIS book over the edge in terms of which one I was going to use?

I openned the cover and my “splash page” information had already been written out there!

I guess that 2 years ago (it stated I was 33 at the time I wanted to start it) this was the book I had high hopes of restarting my journalling journey in.

I remember that I bought this book a few short days before I left theEx. I knew that I was going to leave him that weekend, while he was out of town, and that I needed to be able to record the feelings that I was going through (as my Open Diary journal was no longer “safe” from him or the Stalker who was waiting in the wings) with this divorce process. I remember the day I was terminated from the call center that THIS was the one thing that I really really wanted from my desk — of all the momentos from my time there, of all the cards and notes of support from the “floor” agents who I had become friendly with in my 2+ years there, of all the pictures of my kids and money that I had hidden to make my escape… THIS book was the ONE thing that I really REALLY wanted from my desk.

And so… this will be the first book I start my journey in…

As a single mother. As a 35 year old. As I struggle to make my life my own. As I struggle in the world of dating again (with Reg). As I complete the divorce process that I started in June of 2007… as I make the discoveries of who I am, what I want, and where I am going in this life…

Welcome bamboo journal…. lets hope that you are the first in a long line of journals to be filled…