My Literacy

I guess you could say my literacy career is like any other career. It starts off small, but with some time and growth it blossoms into an outstanding career. Starting from my elementary days, literacy has allowed me to transform and liberate myself. Whether I am reading a novel or writing a song, literacy has always allowed me to engage in my emotions and imagination with absolute freedom.
Growing up reading was introduced to me very young. At night, my mom would read to my sister and I miraculous adventures from the bible. We would even participate and take turns reading our favorite stories. This was the beginning of my career, and my mother nutured my passion for reading with library adventures and one-on-one active readings. I guess I could
I did a complete three-sixty. I would not even stop by the library anymore. I was busy with life, and the less and less time I would have for leisure read. Soon school, work, home-work, and the occasional parties became my only source of rejuvenation and for a while it was touch-and-go. This was a life changing moment for me. I could no longer escape the hot desert of reality to my calm imaginative oasis. I needed a new catch and release that could accomidate my daily scheduele. I do not know how or what might of brought this on, but one day I flipped to the second to last page of my notebook and begin journaling. Journaling was not my cup of tea but writing songs was, so I switched from journaling to song writing. Writing came easy to me, I guess you could say my love for reading helped. The lyrics flowed from me like I was creating some painted masterpiece. I begin to write all types of songs: rap, R&B, pop, country you name it. Thankfully, I could squeeze writing into my schedule. The sky was the now unlimited. Writing was now my new catch and release and I its author. The unintential rhythm of life pushed me into my new adventure and equipped me with the pen. Furthermore, I never would have believed my role would flip, but it was very refreshing new