I've gone with written for today's prompt rather than take a photo of a particular word.
I have kept diaries since my daughter was born - well to be exact, I started in 1982 and she was born December 1981, but those first couple of weeks were a little busy for a brand new mum and keeping a diary wasn't high on my priories.
My diaries aren't necessarily daily journals of reflection, although there are days where I have put down my thoughts and feelings. Sometimes they have been mainly a 'to do' list for a particular day or week; sometimes an outline of what I did do on a day. They serve as reminders of things that are coming up, of birthdays and other important occasions. There are months where not very much has been written at all, and other times where they've been studiously filled in. Some events, like when my dad was terminally ill were not written about - perhaps it was too hard to write about what was happening and how I was feeling. Now I wish that I had. Some years my diaries have served me more as a travel diary and then have pages and pages left blank. Other times I've had to work backwards as I had left the daily writing lapse. I also have a series of work and uni diaries which are mainly things to do, although the work diaries often had research ideas and thoughts jotted down.
I enjoy taking the time to go back through my diaries and taking the time to reflect. It can be fascinating to read how I once felt about a particular thing, and it was obviously important, but 10 years or more down the track, I can barely remember the event let alone why I felt so strongly. There are people's names in there that are no longer part of my life and that sadly, I no longer remember. The reading provides an insight into where I've been, and where I am now and helps put the past into perspective. There have been many times when I've needed to know when something happened and I've turned to my diaries. Usually I find it, but not always.
And with that I took a series of photos of some my collection of diaries. Preference?