r ‘ ' OCTOBER 5 TODAY MY LIFE BEGAN. MY PARENTS DO NOT, KNOW IT YET, I AM AS 
     
     ‘ V r y SMALL AS A SEED OF AN APPLE, BUT IT IS I ALREADY. AND I AM TO 
     
     ’ ' »  - BE A GIRL. I SHAH: HAVE BLOND HAIR AND BLUE EYES. JUST ABOUT 
     
    
   
   
    
     EVERYTHINGIS SETTLED THOUGH, EVEN THE FACT THAT I SHALL LOVE‘ ' 
     
    
   
   
    
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       A , . ., OCTOBER .19 'SOME SAY THAT I AM NOT A REAL PERSON YET, THAT ONLY MY MOTHER 
     
       3w  :6 . ; EXISTS. BUT I AM A REAL PERSON, JUST AS SMALL CRUMB IS YET 
     
     é?  "   : TRULVLBBEARLLLMLMOTHERISHANDI AM. I ‘ — 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Tiff MYTMOUTH .18 JUST BEGINNING To OPEN Now; Jusr THINK, IN A ' 
     
     7’ \ YEAR 0R SO I SHALL BE LAUGHING AND‘LATER TALKING. I KNOW 
     
     WHAT MY FIRST WORD WILL BE: MAMA. v 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ . . OCTOBER 25 MY HEART BEGAN TO BEAT TODAY ALL BY ITSELF. FROM NOW ON IT 
     
     , 1 SHALL GENTLY BEAT ‘FOR‘ THE REST OF MY LIFE WITHOUT 'EVER STOP— 
     
    

    
     PING TOREST! AND AFTER MANY YEARS IT WILL TIRE. IT WILL 
     
     STOP, AND THEN I SHALL DIE. ‘ .1 ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     NOVEMBER 2 "I' AM GROWING A BIT EVERY DAY. MY ARMS AND LEGS ARE BEGINNING 
     
     ‘ T -  TO TAKE SHAPE. BUT I HAVE TO WAIT A LONG TIME YET BEFORE 
     
     .. ' THOSE LITTLE LEGS WI‘LL RAISEME TO MY MOTHER"S ARMS, BEFORE 
     
     ‘7’ ‘ " ‘ THESE LITTLE‘ARMS WILL BE .ABLE TO GATHER FLOWERS AND EMBRACE 
     
     ‘ ' MY FATHER. - .. ' , A 
     
    
   
   
    
      NOVEMBER 12 TIMV'FINGERS" ARE BEGINNING TO FORM ON MY HANDS. FUNNY How 
     
     A - SMALL THEY ARE: I'LL BE ABLE TO STROKE MY MOTHER’S HAIR, 
     
     wITH THE : ' . . 
     
    
   
   
    
     —,; . ‘ *’ ‘ ‘ a ’ 9‘ 'JNOVEMBER‘ZO IT WASN'T'UNTIL TOOAV THAT THE DOCTOR TOLO MOM THAT I AM 
     
     . - . ' ~ LIVING HERE UNDER HER HEART. . OH, How HAPPY SHE MuST BE!‘ 
     
     ,' AREZ-YOUH'SBBVWM? ' ' . ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     NOVEMBER 25, MY MOM  DAD ARE ‘PROBABLY'THINKINGV ABOUT A NAME, FOR ME. 
     
      ; BUT THEY DON'T'EVEN KNOW THAT I AM A LITTLE GIRL. I WANT 
     
     TO‘BE CALLED KATHY. I AM GETTING SO BIG ALREADY. 
     
    
   
   
    
     DECEMBER 10‘ MY HAIR Is GROWING. IT IS SMOOTH ANO. BRIGHT ANO SHINY. I 
     
     A . WONDER WHAT KIND OF HAIR MOM HAS. . . 
     
    
   
   
    
     DECEMBER 13’ I AM‘JUST ABOUT‘ABLE TO SEE. IT IS DARK AROUND ME. WHEN 
     
     ‘ MOM BRINGS ME INTO THEWORLD IT [WILL BE FULL OF SUNSHINE 
     
    

    
     AND FLOWERS. , BUT WHAT I WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING IS TO SEE 
     
     “MY MOM. HOW DO'YOU/LOOK, MOM? 
     
    
   
   
    
     DECEMBER 24 .I WONDER IF MOM‘HEARS THE WHISPERING OF MY HEART? SOME 
     
    

    
     _  ‘ CHILDREN COME INTO THE WORLD A LITTLE SICK. BUT MY HEART 
     
    

    
     ..  _ _ . IS STRONG AND HEALTHY-.2 IT BEATS SO EVENLY: 'TUP—TUP, TUP- 
     
     - ' _ ‘ 5 ‘ TUP, . YOU'LL’HAVE A. HEALTHY LITTLE DAUGHTER, MOM! ' 
     
    
   
   
    
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     OEGEMBER Is Tom MV‘MOTHERKILLEO'ME. A U T H O R 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     f."Dnl'A'RY3‘C-0F AN” UNBORN‘.’ CHILD 
     
    
   
   
    
     UNKNOW'N