Have I ever told you how I started writing?
I was in first grade and I was entered into the annual Reflections contest. I wrote about my dreams and aspirations for the future. The poem was called “The Jump”. I wrote the poem, and then, I didn’t know how to title a piece of work, so I picked a thing that I wish I could do and stuck it in the title. I surprisingly won third place for it.
I did Reflections for, I think, two more years. I couldn’t come up with anymore ideas for that so I stopped. And then, I was on the school newspaper in high school.. I did that on and off for three years. And then, my therapist’s husband offered me this weblog opportunity in senior year. At first, I didn’t want it. I was going through a time that I didn’t want to be bothered with my peers in school. I had lost contact with my main circle of friends that graduated a year before me. So I felt lost and I didn’t want to be bothered with a lot of outside interaction.
I am so happy that I did followed through with my weblog. I may go through quiet periods, but when I think about issue after issue that I feel needs to be discussed, that is when I enjoy blogging. I hope that I can leave a legacy with this blog. I feel that a lot of millennials have lost sight of what it means to leave a legacy. People nowadays expect everything to be given to them. I, on the other hand, want to leave a legacy. Years after I am unable to blog anymore, I hope that my weblog is found. I hope that people see that I advocated for disability rights and tried to set the record straight. I will do more blogs on special education as I feel that that is one area of our school system needs improvement. And I am having a writer’s block with my book. Blogging, right now, is my focus and my passion.
I hope to do some good with my blog.