Gratz on the recognition for your writing Donald, and thank you for sharing little Donald's adventures with us all. I must admit to never having managed to read every entry, but did save it all to text to read in future when I can find the time, because it entertained me before we met,and now of course it holds a lot more in the way of shared experience for me as well.
The diary is indeed a accurate reflection of what entering this world and slowly (or quickly in some cases
) discovering all of it's joys and pitfalls is like for a newcomer who still has a lust for life in both worlds and has not become jaded by either. I feel I share that with you with my friend, and much of what you experience and write about could easily have been my own thoughts, and as in most of life it is always nice to find that you are not the 'only one' with those thoughts whatever they may be.
Looking forward to sharing many of your future adventures and the joy of discovery with you sir. Well done old chap.