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.

3/29/09

Dec. 11

I had it lost after this



But wait -- that's not the end. There's still a little more. Stay tune!

3/22/09

Dec. 10

We got company for supper or lunch as they called it. Elmer T and Eleanor and Louise K and Mary Ann

We had sandwiches vegetable salad and cocoa. It was delicious

3/15/09

Dec. 9

I got up. We worked hard. I cleaned and cleaned and cleaned 3 rooms. In the afternoon Mom, Elaine, and I went to Junior Mission Band. They had a very very very very very very good program.

3/8/09

Dec. 8

We were all in School. Today I went to school. We had fun. I got up around 6:30. When I got up Elaine got up too. I dressed myself. I got myself combed at last. Finally the bus came. We went to school.

On Dec. 7 Pearl Harbor was bombed 3 years by the Japensees

3/1/09

Dec. 7

We got up and went to school. I don’t know I don’t know I don’t know to write because I am way behind. I I I I just really don’t know what to tell you about because its so hard to remember for more than a week. I have to remember some more so I’ll quit