Originally published at Eight Hobbits

Journals for Catholic Girls and Boys by Amy Brooks

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Swinging your feet from your tree fort, you pick up your pen and journal. Will you write or color today, or both? Quiet time is good, away from school, chores, and stress. Time to think is very valuable, and is something that everyone needs each day for a little while.

Do you, as a parent, remember having quiet time at your favorite place in the city, or in the country? Do you remember a life without constant screentime? I do. My generation is the last to remember growing up without technology, other than the TV and maybe a couple of rented movies for the Beta VCR. I remember life without a computer. Looking back on my childhood, I had time to write in my diary, walk in the woods, pick flowers with my mom, ice

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