Literacy Autobiography

My first memorable experience with writing actually wasn’t too long ago. When I was 14 years old my father was diagnosed with cancer and I remember that I almost immediately began keeping a diary. Initially I tried to keep I guess what you can call an “electronic diary” on my prehistoric laptop, but it wasn’t the same. Physically writing my thoughts and emotions down on paper seemed to have a different effect. Writing down on paper seems to take more thought and effort. At least to me it does. When I physically write it just feels more set in stone. Regardless of if the diary is lost, the words are still out there even if they aren’t read. I remember writing in my diary didn’t have a set schedule. There would be entries that were only a few days apart and then there were times I wouldn’t write for weeks and sometimes months. I wrote when I felt that writing was my only release. My father suffered from cancer for two years and it was really hard to cope with. Writing seemed to be my mechanism. This is my most memorable experience with writing in that it helped me through one of the hardest times to date. That I can never forget.