She walks in the auditorium, commands attention – and the first thing she said was : I’m not here to change you but to remind you of who you are. I need things in life that are timed to remind me of myself and to restore my faith. I have … wasted (not wasted really, but i can’t think of a better word) efforts in things that did not really matter nor change me for the better in the past. Sure, I loved the lessons but, I was a weighted soul and needed to slough off the negativity. Timing is everything and the timing of my friend giving me his ticket to watch Maya Angelou was so perfect, something of that caliber can only be attributed to God herself. What I desired so desperately was the reminder of why i write in the first place. I never really considered myself a writer before, just someone who liked to write. I needed to remember why I breathed differently, laughed differently, read into the chapters of the world a little differently than others - and why that’s a good thing. A fire was lit up under me in the midst of laughing and crying in the presence of Maya Angelou. I was reminded today that I am strong and resilient and that I am more than capable. I am a woman, a believer, I am a lover, I am a sister cousin aunt and best friend, but most importantly – today, I am a writer.