I come from a family of writers. My Dad has written now about 12 books. He started writing after retirement. I have been keeping journals since the 7th grade (a long time ago). Some years I've written whole books, other years it's just a page or two. When I was young it was a record of what I was doing, who I liked, who I didn't like, etc. As a young mom it was mostly a record of my children and what they were doing. Now my writings are mostly reflecting what I am learning. I guess as one gets older there is naturally more reflection and contemplation of the years gone by. So I continue to write. Hopefully, someday, someone will read what I wrote and learn something from it!