New adventures in writing

Hello friends!

It's wonderful to be sharing the inner workings of my mind with you again. While I was away I had continued writing, but only for myself. I had to find a better way of sharing with you. Through the Covid-19 pandemic and personal struggles I was able to answer a question that has plagued me for quite some time. This question was who am I as a writer. I feel as though I stumbled into the marvelous land of poetry. I love being a poet, but I began to feel as though it wasn't allowing me to say all the things I desperately wanted to say. Will I still write poetry? Absolutely, but it's not the only thing that defines me as a writer.

I began to take a in-depth look at my life. I discovered that the things that I considered my biggest flaws, might actually be my strengths. If you know me personally, you know that I've spent my life as a professional dreamer. Moving from one thing to the next. All the while writing about every detail of that thing I claimed to love so much. My Husband still reminds me of the evening he came home from work to find me surrounded by Astronomy books, filling up one of my millions of spiral notebooks with ideas. I looked up at him and announced that I was going to "be an Astronaut!" 

Admittedly this story has always embarrassed me. I've come a long way, worked on my physical and mental health, and grown up in many ways. My ability to research a topic to death has served me well as I've worked side by side with medical professionals to unravel the medical mystery that is my 10 year old son. I've also grown tired of my brain's wild rollercoaster of new and improved things that I should be.

Over the weekend, sitting with my Husband I expressed all of this to him for probably the millionth time. Except I said something that would change my whole perspective. I declared "I'm done trying to be all of these things, I'm just going to write about them. Even if I have to write a thousand research papers!"

The words fell out of my mouth with such ease, it's as if the answer had been inside me all along. I won't go into my newest venture here, but you will be able to read all about it shortly. My excitement to explore new things doesn't have to stop, and it never will. I hope to bring you interesting information and my own unique perspective.

For those who have been on this rollercoaster with me I share a heartfelt thank you. Especially to my Husband and Mom who often remind me to sit down and write. If I ever write anything you enjoy reading, remember one of them encouraged me to put pen to paper.

I look forward to writing about a variety of topics and I hope you will enjoy reading what I share.

Have a magical day!

Kates