The Child at the Top of the Staircase

"The most rewarding gift I gave myself at the beginning of 2000 was the decision to begin this journal. The word 'therapeutic, ' so over-used and misused by our society, is true to its definition as 'healing' and 'curative' when used to describe the benefits that have resulted from the keeping of my journal. Not a diary, it is a record of the thoughts, feelings, responses to world events, epiphanies, diminutive delights that have moved, informed, angered, saddened, amused and uplifted me, the writer. Re-reading it, I am amazed and humbled by the richness of my life." Margaret Shields Hinde December 2000