I couldnt be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because Im pretty optimistic.

I couldnt be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because Im pretty optimistic.

I'm still afraid. I'm still afraid every day.

Lately, I'd been feeling like I was standing outside watching everything and everybody. Wishing I could take the part of me that was over there and the part of me that was over here and push them together—make myself into one whole person like everybody else.

There is so much work left to be done in the world and for me, I am hoping to make the change I can and do the work I need to do through this gift I've been given.

I think it's important to remember that writing is a gift and our stories are gifts to ourselves and to the world and sometimes giving isn't always the easiest thing to do but it comes back.

I've learned about marrying poetry and prose and making both accessible.