School

I am back in school which means I will be very busy for the next eight weeks reading and writing for a grade. I will try to stay on top of my blog but I think I might have to drop recipe Tuesday's maybe not we will see how it goes once I get back into the swing of things. I do want to take a moment to thank you for reading my ramblings and meal plans. I know that they are not always interesting or inspired. I try but you know I am flawed and I am trying to be more open and available in my writing. You are helping me become a better writer.

You see I found my love of reading when I was four and read Bears on Wheels by Dr. Seuss all by myself. Seeing the words take shape and form a story was thrilling to me. When I was in first grade I got sick, really sick, first I had pneumonia. My lungs filled with fluid so badly that the Dr. said a week longer and I would have drowned to death from it. I was admitted to the hospital and got to stay in an oxygen tent. I was alone (at least I felt very alone) so I spent a lot of time with books and puzzles. Then after I got out of the hospital my sinuses crystallized and I got to go back. So I repeated first grade.

By the time I made it to second I had discovered the art of writing stories. It wasn't until I was in sixth grade that someone told me I had a talent for it. I knew I loved to write and for the first time someone told me I was good at something. At the end of my eighth grade year I got a scholarship to Lewis and Clark College for a summer writing course. I did not get to go because my mom said that she couldn't afford the room and board. I was heart broken. I believe many other things about this issue but for sake of fairness I can not go back and change it so it is not really worth being ugly over it now.

Writing became the fabric of who I am. I am happiest when I am writing a story or poetry or creating. I want to become a novelist. Or at the very least a free lance writer. I have many hurdles, mostly mental ones that I need to get over. So I am back in school working on an English Degree. I mostly enjoy the literature classes and I like to learn new things. I know every paper I write I am getting stronger. Every blog post I write I grow.

Thank you for reading and being there for me through the good, the bad, and the ugly. I hope that you have a wonderful day filled with love and laughter.