I recently found a box of my many diaries, and the year 1972 stood out to me. I was 14 years old and living in Managua, Nicaragua. The diary entries recount my life and experiences at that time. I hope you will enjoy them. Comments are welcome!

This week's post is about practicing for the school play, getting my hair cut short, and the Christmas performance.

This week's post is about making Mom's special sugar cookies, practicing for the Christmas play, and having fun bowling.

This week's post is about working in the little library, reading the latest teen magazines and watching a Bobby Sherman special!!

This week's blog post is about playing a prank, being a bad influence on my baby sister, and taking an impossible open book test.

This week's post is about the end of La Purísima, putting up our Christmas tree, and debating whether to cut my hair short.

This week's post is about memorizing vocabulary words, visiting Masaya, and the biggest celebration of the year in Nicaragua.

This week's post covers the baseball game of Nicaragua vs. Cuba, reading a scary book, and being a drama queen.

This week's post is about celebrating my brother's birthday, starting a new book, and lots of dancing. I hope you enjoy, and if you relate to any of these events, please leave me a comment.

This week's post is about the 20th Amateur World Series Baseball games hosted in Nicaragua, working in the library, and having a disastrous mobile project.

This week's post celebrates Thanksgiving with the overnight Pan Am crew and other single friends of my parents, as well as a visit to the Discotek Record store and a libreria (bookstore).

This week's post discusses getting a Butterball turkey, celebrating an honor roll day off, and an interesting ending to what had been a disappointing dance.

This week's post talks about disappointments, lousy days, and jealousy. In other words, a typical day in the life of a teenager!

This week's post talks about a new telenovela, watching a boy's basketball game, and trying out for a lead part in a play.

Today's post is about celebrating my sister's birthday, wrapping Christmas gifts, and learning about the 747 Club.

This week's post is about a new Young Miss magazine with an interesting quiz on Women's Lib, visiting a unique museum, and seeing a funny movie. I hope you will enjoy reading it.

This week's post is about finding a creative way of presenting an oral report, my green-eyed monster reappears, and grocery shopping.

This week's post discusses tests, suicide, and the telenovela Esmeralda. I hope you will enjoy it. Leave me comments as I love to get feedback.

This week's blog post is about Halloween, Mom being sick, and Dad traveling to N.Y. for business. I hope you will enjoy

This week's post explores the green-eyed monster, a movie about a dog that is a thief, and my parents' return from Costa Rica. I am no longer in charge, yay!