Time To Get Serious

It is time to get down to business. I was excited to recieve in the mail today another notice...I believe that this is my fifth...that one of my poems is going to be published. It is a big deal to me. My first poem was published when I was 11 years old. I wrote it after my grandmother died. It was my way of healing. I remember writing it at her wake after the funeral. I read it to the family, of course everyone thought it was great. I found a poetry contest and entered it. That poem won three awards and was published.

I have always loved to write. It used to be a way to escape my life, to help heal the wounds. It was a way to get through. As I grew up it was still a way to escape whatever it was that was going on, and a way to celebrate moments of my life. I would write stories where I could be someone else, and poems to talk about how I felt.

Now I write to celebrate life moments and journeys. I write to express what I feel at a particular moment. I write for myself, and I write for other people. When I say that I mean that I write so that the person out there that feels alone or stuck or depressed knows that they really aren't alone. I have been through enough in life to be able to share alot.

I have written twice about my husband and once in honor of my sister's wedding and those three were published. My most recent poem struck me at a moment of feeling lost. We all have those moments whether we want to admit it or not. But I got the announcement in the mail today that it was going to be published. So I wanted to share that great news with all of you. I will be supplying more samples of my work on this blog. As I said it is time to get serious. :)

Blessed Be~