It's Time.

Kiser Middle School. 8th grade. I was 12 the first time I was asked to create a journal. I was sitting in Mrs. Ruth's English Class; I remember it like it was yesterday. After years whining that I wasn't being heard, I had been given a voice -- snap -- just like that. Someone actually wanted to know what I had to say. I remember staring at the page unsure where to begin. I remember years of pent up thought being vomited on to those blank pages. I remember wondering why I hadn't discovered the concept and begun a journal earlier.

Fifteen years later, I find myself wondering how.... why... I ever stopped.