Being a Writer

I enrolled into a Creative Writing Class for several reasons:

1. To overcome my fear of attending classes at my age.
2. To learn to become a writer so I can illustrate children's books.

Now that I've gone to three classes, I realised that I am not a good writer. Listening to the others and reading my brother's facebook entries, I am embarrassed to think that I could even write a children story. My vocabulary is not large and my stories are simple. How can I even compete with the rest of the sea of writers?

My DH continues to encourage and ensure me that I am a good writer, humorous and have good stories. I don't think so, but bless his heart for being sweet. I will try to sit through the rest of the classes.

Our assignment this week is to write two poems - one of regret and one of hope. I am going to submit via email and explain about my absence. This topic hits too close to home and I don't think I can sit there without shedding a tear or two from reading my entry or listening to the others. I'm sure their life experiences is much more powerful than mine ... and that alone will make me cry.