I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S BEEN 10 YEARS…
WRITTEN BY SAGINE SÉMAJUSTE
Hi Lovelies, Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!
I appreciate you stopping by. Growing up I loved to write. Everything from coming up with song lyrics, unloading my feelings to poetry. I always had two or three journals going on at the same time. Strangely enough, after my father’s passing, I stopped writing. Completely stopped writing.
Every time I attempted to start back up again, I had a really hard time. Either finishing my thoughts, finding my flow or simply staying consistent with it. When I had to write a speech or something as simple as a social media caption, I wrote it last minute, looked it over a million times and then edited it every time I looked at it again. Making it all feel like so much labour. Well I’m putting a stop to that now. I’m starting small but at least it’s a commitment that doesn’t feel impossible to keep. One entry, once a month. About anything and everything. From what I go through as an artist in my day to day to sharing some of my poetry. Why am I doing this?
I WANT TO RECONNECT WITH MYSELF, ONE OF MY FIRST LOVES AND CONNECT WITH YOU ALL IN MY OWN SPECIAL WAY. MY FATHER LOVED TO WRITE.
He actually still wrote me physical letters up until his passing. I still have them. He also wrote poetry and would write my mom love letters when he was courting her. Yes, courting her:) He was a romantic and he loved sharing that side of himself with us. Not a holiday or birthday would go by without him writing us a novel in a card. I still have those too:) And now I’m the one who writes novels in people’s cards. As he transitioned, I kept saying that his eyes closed, so that mine could open. I still believe that. He was a teacher, a storyteller, loved and spoke over 7 languages fluently, a historian, traveler, dancer, doctor, therapist, loyal friend, dedicated sibling and an exceptional father and husband. Oh the stories he told and had left to share. Well Daddy don’t you worry. Let me take over while you rest now. Let me write those stories and tell the tales you didn’t get too. One entry at a time, one caption at a time, one story at a time and one poem at a time. No overthinking, just free flowing and sharing my thoughts. Social media can be so loud, this will be my safe haven. I don’t know why it took me ten years to get back to writing but I do know I have a lot more to say now. Hope you’ll join me as I share it all with you.
Write soon,
