When I got married in 1995, I received a five-year diary as a gift. If you don’t know what a five-year diary is, it is a small book with a page for each day of the year. But instead of each page being for one day, the page is split into five sections of about four lines each. All you have to do is fill in four lines each day. When the year is over, you start over on the second section. At the end of five years, you have a wonderful record of your life.
I didn’t completely fill out my first five-year diary. So many days were just repeats and quite boring. But it’s fun to read previous years’ sections, even the boring parts.
The day I arrived in Montana, I bought a new five-year diary. We won’t be in Montana forever, so it will be fun to record our adventure here. (I bought mine at Barnes and Noble but this one from Amazon is the same one.)
If you have someone in your life (or yourself) who is starting a new stage of life, a five-year diary makes a lovely gift. I appreciate the one I got at my wedding and know I will enjoy looking through my Montana memories in years to come.