Remembering Me

“ You cannot be forgotten if you are thinking of yourself.”

• Ursula LeGuin

    I had a moment of fear where I felt that I was going to end up forgotten and alone. My Therapist gave me the quote from Ursula to ponder. It only emphasized that I didn’t even remember who I was or what I wanted out of life. Then I remember a quote from Rainer Maria Rilke, “If you wake up in the morning, you can think of nothing but writing, ….then you’re a writer.” Suddenly, I remembered all the stories I used to come with when I had no books to read. The random things that would pop into my head and demand to be put down on paper. I had moved to Portland, Oregon to find my voice so that I could share my stories with the world. It shames me to realize I forgot that. That doesn’t matter anymore, because I can remember that I am a writer. Whether my stories reach many or a few, I will always remember that I am a writer. 

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Masks

She had blue skin

And so did he

He kept it hid

And so did she

They searched for blue

Their whole life through

Then passed right by

And never knew

– Shel Silverstein