Romantic Dreams of a Pragmatic Author
I was in the 5th grade when my dreams of becoming an author germinated after I’d received praise from my teacher Mrs. Samuel, and they were confirmed in the 6th grade when I won an award for a last-minute essay I’d written on drinking and driving. Unfortunately, my dreams were encased in a coffin of insecurities that would take decades to overcome. Times have changed since that young boy put dream to words. Stories of…