My earliest memories actually happened when I was around 9 or 10 years old. I came to America then and did not speak English at all but I remember my dad showing me pictures from books like Winnie the Pooh and Barney. A little while later when I learned English my parents would read the Bible to me. Those stories always fascinated me because they were just like the princess movies that I would watch. The story of Ester was like Cinderella, Ruth was like Snow White and David was like Robin Hood. In that sense they weren't merely words on pages but they because images I saw.
I must admit I am not the most habitual reader but I had a lot of time on my hands last semester due to the fact that I was stuck on campus 24/7. So I resolved to reading this series, Ashley Stockingdale, by Kristin Billerbeck. I was fairly interested for the first book but it had a lot to do with girls wanting to get married. With all of this marriage talk in Southeastern it was just too much for me so I quit after the first book but I enjoyed it for the time being though.
Last Christmas my boyfriend gave me this book it was called The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. It had been his ultimate favorite book since he was little and he gave it to me with a little note inside saying "I will be your giving tree." At first I thought it was just cute but as time went on he has always been giving to me; just like that tree. This book isn't significant to me because of the words that the author wrote but it became significant to me because of the symbolic meaning my boyfriend made it to be.
Literature has always been a difficult subject for me. I dread reading but I love to write. There was a point in my life where I was going through a "rough spot" and I had a lot of emotions inside of me that I needed to express. I didn't trust anyone so my counselor suggested that I start writing in diaries and I've been doing it ever since I was in middle school. In a way writing has kept me sane just like books were an escape for my sister in her rough times.
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Thanks for sharing personally here about literature. I should mention, if you are interested in growing as a writer, the number two important thing to do is to read (the number one is to write). Reading and writing are closely connected.
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