Words have power. I feel that power whenever I sit down to put my thoughts into an understandable form. I love language and the ability of some to string words together in a way that thrills your heart while encouraging people to think, to question, to dream. I believe in the power of story—whether those are written down on the page, performed on the stage, or painted on a wall. Through story we learn what it means to be human, to be alive, to be connected, and to be ourselves. I write for all those reasons. I always have made sense of my life by writing—journals, poems, letters, blog posts, essays, short stories, books. I write because words are my place of safety, where I can uncover the meaning of my life. I write because my personal motto—“Life on my own terms’—requires that I strive to learn, think, understand, question and grow. I write because through words I can find my truth. I write, also, to inspire others to discover their own truths. Writing is just one of my strongest tools of communication, and communication is part of what makes our lives so rich and wonderful and worth living.

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