Just a quick update on the last couple of weeks. I was informed that a short story I wrote got accepted to be published in the annual school magazine for CSU Pueblo. It’s been so long since I sent it in that I totally forgot about it. When I decided to write it 8 months ago, it was such a new experience. I have never sat down and created a story and wrote it, especially not for fun. Anything I wrote up to that point was for school and in messages to friends and family. When I started going to college and putting a serious effort into it, my abilities to write and think have gotten significantly better. It has helped me to express myself through writing in a way that was not possible for me in the past. Also, I distinctly remember that I had so much fun writing that story. It was a very new experience not only to write a story, but to have so much fun doing it. Thankfully, I seem to be someone who can enjoy the little things in life. That is one quality of mine that I think has helped me get through this ten year sentence. I often find myself experiencing joy and happiness through certain realizations and reflections that I may have and also little things I see or experience throughout my day. The fun I had writing that story was one of the few times I had good fun outside of the simple things that occur more often. I think it has inspired me to try to write something else, aside from the school assignments. Maybe another creative story or a story about my experience plus my reflections on it. I know many people in prison have been able to sharpen their writing skills and publish books that have even gave them a steady income source. I suppose time will tell. Last entry I wrote about the true pains of imprisonment that I get to be reminded of every so often. Today I am also reminded of the joy of creativity and putting yourself out there through your expressions of it.
