My Nonprofit Reviews

I had never had a writing class, and when I received word that I'd won a fellowship to AROHO's Women's Retreat I cried and embarrassingly re-enacted the scene from Pinocchio when he becomes a real boy...I could hardly believe I was being taken seriously as a writer. I'm still struggling to put into words how the week itself affected me - being nurtured with strong women writers, teachers, friends, and all sorts of superlatives that are simply too weak to explain how I began to take myself seriously as a writer, as a meaning maker, and to innately value my truths. I work 65+ hours a week at my day job, and find myself waking up in the middle of the night, compelled to write. It's been so powerful to uncover what's been there all along.

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