My grandmother's diary -- word for word, spelling for spelling, thought for thought, idea for idea -- just as she originally wrote it back in 1944 and '45. I hope you enjoy this glimpse into the life of an 11-year-old Swiss girl in Berne, Indiana.
11/30/08
Nov. 25
I started to read my Bible through. We were supposed to clean up but instead I read the Bible.
11/23/08
Nov. 24
I don’t know anything because it’s Thanksgiving vacation.
11/16/08
Nov. 23
We went to church in the morning. In the afternoon Elaine and I stayed at home alone. The boys went to see about our ditch about trapping.
Mom and Dad went uptown to fix a door.
11/9/08
Nov. 22
We had a big Thanksgiving dinner. Chicken noodles, potato chips, jello, pickles, turnips, carrots, cakes, pies, fridigy bars. I had ½ and 1 bars. We went home and Mrs. F. came on the bus too. About 8 or so mothers were there and children not old enough to go to school.
11/2/08
Nov. 21
We have dates for school. Tomorrow we have a Thanksgiving Dinner. I forgot what we did because it is already Monday again. I didn’t write in for a whole weekend for because the reason I always have to FORGET.
