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[quote=Anonymous]First OP I'm so sorry you are going through this with such young children. My sister died suddenly and left behind a 6 and 4 year old.

While my other sister and I were helping clear and pack up her things, we came across her extensive diaries. She had some experiences that would have shocked some of the family and she also wrote some pretty mean things about my sister. Luckily I caught it before my sister did. I think I tore those pages out. Anyway, it made me rethink my own journals so I did tear out some parts after I returned home knowing that I didn't want others to read them. If you can, you might consider reading those more turbulent years' entries just to see what you think as you consider who will be reading them.

One thing I think I would do if I had the gift of time before passing is write letters to be opened over the years by my kids for various milestones I might expect them to have - graduations, no graduations, marriage, birth of children, parenting, grief at loss and so on. I'd also videotape something for them - memories I have of them over the years (like that Nicole Kidman movie years ago).

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