I'm a simple teenage girl from podunk Arkansas trying to get by in the world of high school. I started writing as soon as I could, and I've never quit. Over the years, what writing means to me has changed. In the beginning, when I was young, it was just a fun way to pass the time. I go back and read those stories, and I think, Lord, where have those years gone? Then, as I got older and my family structure changed, I used it to block out my the yelling- an escape. Years passed, my sister moved, and writing changed for me once again by trying my hand at poetry. It became a kind of therapy for me when I felt like no one wanted to listen. Now I'm finally sixteen, and writing has changed again. This year is the first year that I've started writing something meaningful to the world. My writing may be teen drama to some of you, but it's not. It's teen pregnancies, family issues, abuse, drugs, and all that unhappiness rolled up into sad beginnings, hopeful middles, and a happy ending.