That is one of my favorite icebreaker questions as it really helps you get to know people beyond the title of their job. It reveals layers of passion underneath the image that a person would often portray in a typical introduction. My typical introduction is, "Hi, my name is Grace and I've been working as a nurse for about a year." But what if I weren't a nurse? Some people may assume that my answer to that question above would be a doctor, or a pharmacist, or some other health-related career. Other have guessed songwriter or something musically-related just because I used to play the keyboard in front of the church. Then others who know me on more of a surface level might guess a sun-tanned socialite or the owner of all things pink. But what would I really want to be?
...a writer!
To this day, out of all the different classes I've taken from high school through nursing school, my favorite class was always English. Yes, I did like Biology and the dissection of different animals was always fascinating...but, English was the class that could really make me think about myself, about the world. I saw that words put together could shape such profound thoughts and ideas. Words can challenge, comfort, influence people. Words have power.
God used words to call the world into existence. Oh yea, not to mention that Jesus was the Word.
This is kind of weird, but my love for writing was developed by writing personal obituaries for my uncle and grandmother. Maybe I was reminded of how exactly a year ago writing helped me cope and find closure during tragedy and heartache. Words helped me give meaning to their lives and remember.
So here we go. This is my attempt to actually write via my first-ever blog (except for the xanga that I had in jr. high)! I know this is not an limitless world, and I'm nowhere near becoming a writer, but why not use words right? I'll do my best to use my words well.
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