Circa 1998

I was an eight year old. There are few things that I can remember from the time that I was that young. But one thing that stands out is that I had this miraculous idea to be a writer. I was an ambitious child. My father thought it was a great idea. Needless to say I didn’t take that idea too far. But as I’ve grown older the impulse to write has grown. I’ve enrolled in play writing classes, poetry classes, and attempted a blog once before. What has held me back is my lack of inspiration. I continually find myself with the urge to write, only to give up from not being hit by that proverbial lightning bolt. It is rare to sit down and write a master piece on first attempt.

You start with a lot of shit.

So I guess this is my attempt at shit.

Photo Cred Ally Leone

Photo Cred Ally Leone

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself” -Anna Quindlen