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December 22, 1931

Mother and I have done all our shopping with a five dollar bill. Five divided by eight is — not much.

Better than debt, better than debt.

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December 12, 1931

We aren’t going to do any Christmas shopping this year. We’ll just have to love each other an extra lot.

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Alma's Diary

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About Alma's Diary

These are my grandma's diary entries from the Great Depression, when she was 16 and living on a farm in Nebraska. The sweet image above is from a valentine in her scrapbook. I love peeking into her past and hope you do too.

Grandma Alma received her "My Five Years" diary as a high school graduation gift. It allows four little lines of writing each day.

So far she's written about canning peaches, her first date ever and cooking for the threshers who worked on the farm. She also shares her inspirations and reflections as an aspiring journalist and poet.

Hooray for G-Ma!

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