Where did I go?

Each day that passes I become more transfixed that Yes! I do want to write! Yes! I do want a writing career! I am leaving behind my safe harbor of procrastination and insecurity and I am moving out into the bay of possibilities!

When I was young and in high school I was always told what a great writer I was! When I went to a few of my high school reunions since then, classmates have come up to me and asked me what I'm doing with my life. They always walk away dumbfounded that I have not gone into journalism or even had at least one poem published.

I walked away from writing in my late teens because I was trying so hard to grow up and wanting so much for what I saw as the perfect life. Sadly, the perfect life translated into getting into abusive relationships, having children, being a single parent for a long time, going to college on my own expense, and working day in and day out in the administrative support world - a world that isn't exactly the most respected in any organization it would seem.

Well... today I am taking the challenge and going forward to reach my goals and no longer will I sit back and watch my life like a movie - something so far away from what I ever really imagined for myself! Where did I go? I am determined to find out!