Unfortunately the story is not understandable due to the attrocious use of the English language. It is a pity because perhaps this uneducated ditribe really could have made a real contribution.

I believe she ( Millie ) should continue with her journaling! True stories make great Novels and movies.

I wouldn’t go as far to say that the English Language is attrocious..perhaps your title gives you permission to crititize.

Never give up! Good luck

Keep writing, don’t listen to anyone. It is your journal. If you want people to read it now, so be it. What do you care what happens when you are dead.It may just wind up in the trash.

Millie, I think your kids will enjoy reading about your life! I think kids need to know the good, bad, and “how” we as parents grew to be better. When one believes their parents lived a perfect life, they seem to have more disappointments in their own life for that do not know how to handle disappontments. It is important to share the good and bad. My Mother gave me her diary from when she was a teenager....it is so romantic and full of sexual undertones...but she said the 1940’s were just that..romantic and things like “hiding behind a building in order to kiss” or sneaking off to meet a boy was just that and nothing else. She has offered me her other diary: during the times she was striving for strenth and self-confidence and away from alcohol. I have read part of it...and I remember some. Very painful. Keep up the good work...I wish I had time to write a daily journal! 

PS: I cannot wait to see to documentary. I will have my husband (who has a Doctorate in English and Classical Literature) write up a critique. He is very much into film and arts.

Millie; I for one, am very proud of what you have done with your journals.  Yes, maybe your “friends” don’t handle the english language as well as the good doctor would like, but you certainly tell a beautiful story.  God Bless, and keep writing.  Our very best to you.
John and Yoko Henson, PA (51 years and counting).

I understood Millie’s post quite well and wouldn’t think of calling it “not understandable.”

I love that Dr. Shreve criticizes someone else’s writing, yet makes “attrocious” spelling errors in his own “ditribe.”

from dictionary.com:

diatribe: a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism

I wouldn’t use that word to describe Millie’s post. Perhaps you, Dr. Shreve, are the one with language problems.

Millie - By all means keep making journal entries if for none other than yourself.  Your children will appreciate every word, should you decide it will be theirs to read.  My husband and I wrote letters almost daily for 5 years during our courtship and these will be for our children to read upon our deaths, or sooner if we feel they “can handle” some of the information within the letters. 
Don’t give up your friend the diary - it is precious!

Dear One,

My Mom kept a diary until she became disillusioned with her life (and her marriage). Now, her friend (the diary) is dead and she has no one, because she is unhappy with her husband, and she didn’t want to leave a trail of evidence for us, her kids, to read later.

You, on the other hand, are mostly satisfied with your life—you describe your guy as your prince charming. You have nothing to worry about. If your kids are sensitive enough and “tuned in” enough to choose to read your diaries, they’ll appreciate the insights they find there.

Too bad that first writer, named “Shreve,” had to pretend he was a doctor. Obviously, if he can’t spell diatribe and atrocious, it’s pretty unlikely he’s more than a high school drop out with a chip on his shoulder.

-- a Daughter

Shame on you “Dr. Shreve” for being so critical. Dear Millie, please keep on writing. My daughter gave her grandmother a book that she asked her to fill out. It asked questions about her childhood, her favorite things, her most embarrassing moments, how she met my father-in-law and such things. Because my German mother-in-law felt that her grammar and spelling were less than perfect, she never filled out a single page. After she died, we found it on a bookshelf, untouched. My daughter was heartbroken. You are not only recording your memories for yourself but for your children and grandchildren. Let them get to know the real you, good and bad.

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