To Me.

I have put off signing up to Prose for the longest time, for so many reasons, reasons I imagine many writers share; do I really have anything to write that people really want to read? Is what I have "Prose-worthy"? But I am glad that I have put it off no further, what I have to write comes from my heart, and write I will.

Ever since I could remember, I have wanted to write, I started my first novel when I was about 10 years old, writing down a story born from the imaginations of my heart into a hardcover notebook I had purchased on one of my many trips to the bookstore with my father. I remember the shock and then profound pride my aunt displayed when she found that book, she couldn't believe that I, little me, had written all of that. I never finished that novel, and for the life of me, I cannot tell where that book would be, but I know that within me resides a myriad of stories; both experiences and observations, that shaped my life and my thoughts, for the better I hope and believe.

Many people aspire to be part of the great discoverers, great founders of businesses, politicians and the like. For me, the one deep-seated dream I have always had, since I was a child, the one that without a doubt always left a feeling of a budding garden within my soul, was to be listed one day as a successor to the greats; Chinua Achebe, Buchi Emecheta, Zaynab Alkali, Chukwuemeka Ike, Cyprian Ekwensi, Wole Soyinka, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. These and more have fueled my dream to write through their works and have fleshed out in many ways my gift and God-given purpose.

I have put off writing for so long, following so many disappointments and experiences that should have been written down as they happened, but it is truly never too late to begin anything at all, and all those experiences and memories stay safely cached in my memory, ready to be poured out, flowing into the stream of stories here on prose and to other places eventually.

I will be honest, raw, true to every experience and, God willing, just as I am on this journey, I hope that others who have also assumed themselves broken by life, will come to realize like I am, that we are not broken, but gracefully broken and that every piece is bringing out something eternally good and great to not only outlive us, but also serve a more glorious purpose on this earth, to the glory of the One who made us.

So, here's to me, unveiling truth, life and purpose as God has put it my heart to do, and I do hope that my people find me.

Until next time... Heart and Light.