Grandma Kept a Delightful Illustrated Diary in the 1940s



Redditor Ok_Illustrator_8711 never met his grandmother, yet he got a glimpse of her personality from a diary she kept from the days when she married his grandpa. The entries are wonderful cartoons she drew of her life events. He shared a few pages from it that start with "Pre-Marital Chaos" as she planned their wedding. They honeymooned in Hot Springs, Arkansas. 



Further entries show us the young couple settling into a home and adjusting to married life, which had both joys and frustrations. 


But eventually, the chronicle takes a dark turn as Art is deployed to Europe in 1944. Grandma went to stay with her parents and cursed Hitler, and her diary entries involved other people and a longing for Art's return. Ok_Illustrator_8711 assures us he returned, and they lived happily ever after, until Grandma passed in 1977. Grandma could have been a comic illustrator, but it was just a hobby for her. See the diary pages at this reddit post, where you can click to enlarge the gallery. -via kottke 


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