Why blog?

For as long as I can remember, I've always loved reading and writing. I was the weird kid in elementary school who sat by herself with her nose in a book because I was too fascinated with words to socialize with other people. By the fifth grade I had read half the books in the school library and attempted, unsuccessfully, to write several of my own. Books amazed me. I didn't have to be the shy, overlooked Waters girl who lived in the middle of nowhere and had nothing exciting happen in her life. I could become whatever and whoever I wanted to be by simply opening a book and getting lost in page after page of adventure. I solved mysteries, traveled the world, had magical powers, and I didn't have to even leave my bedroom. I was in love with reading.

When you read book after book after book, eventually you dream of writing something that other people will love to read. That's where the blogging comes in. I have a few friends who blog, and that started to spark my interest a little. Sure, it's not a world famous, award-winning book, but if people actually read it, then it's the next best thing. I was very hesitant because I didn't really feel like I would have anything to say that would be the least bit interesting, but after some persuasion from people I admire, I decided that it was worth a try. Although I have lost a lot of my childhood imagination, reading and writing have given me things that nothing else ever could. It is because of that, and because I owe it to poor, strange fifth grade Hannah, that I begin my blogging adventure.