The subject for the April prompts challenge today is
growing.
This started me thinking about two different aspects
of growing. It reminded me of my daughter and of my own growth as a writer.
My daughter was premature and she weighed 3lb 10oz
at birth or 1.652 kg. She wore premature baby clothes for babies 3-5 lb and
they were still too big for her. We took her home from hospital when she was
four weeks old weighing 4lb 5oz.
She looked like a new born baby for several months.
I remember taking her to the library when she was three months old and she
still only weighed 7lb. I got her a library card; they must have thought I was
mad.
She was later than most children passing some of the
normal stages of growing. She was late crawling and she didn’t learn to walk
until she was two.
She is now ten and no one would ever know she had
been a premature baby.
The other subject I wanted to write about is
my growth as a writer.
I always knew that I wanted to be a writer but I
think lack of patience and self belief stopped me from ever submitting
anything. I just wrote for my own enjoyment.
In 2011 I took part in NaNoWriMo for the first time.
I didn’t make the word count but I met a lot of writers through the facebook
page, which led to me joining Writebulb writers’ group.
It has been an amazing few years for me. I have
learned so much, and my writing has improved immensely. I have had work
published in the writers’ group anthology and have some pieces ready for this
year’s children’s anthology. I also am nearing the finish line on my own WIP
which is a Thriller novel.
My confidence is growing every day and I am excited
by what the future might hold for me as a writer.
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