Heavenly Thoughts

While I was growing up, I used to write my own cards for everyone, but I never thought my poetry was any good. But my mom always loved what I wrote; she always looked forward to getting my homemade cards for her. I would do my own drawing for the cards, and then I would write my own message on it for the occasion. I always loved to draw and always got good grades in art class and all my drawing classes, but when it came to my writings, I never did very well and never think what I wrote was very good; however, all my family loved my writings and my cards.

As I grew up, I tried to refine my writings to make them better, but I still didn't think they were good until I entered a poetry writing contest, and they chose to publish it. Then with the next poem I entered in the next contest, it got published again and also got me nominated for best poem and poet of the year. I got nominated for best poem or poet of the year nine times in a row, but I still never thought my poems were that good.

I love writing and drawing, but I have gotten away from drawings with the poems on the cards. But I have earned two degrees-the main degree I want to use more than anything is my Architectural CAD Drafting and Design degree. But I'm also more focused on my poetry to see how much people truly like them. Most of my poetry is about God but also about missing my mom, since she passed away from cancer when I was twenty years old. I think missing my mom has helped me write better than ever.