This legacy began many years ago, and started with a particularly bad episode of "writer's block". I'd been staring at the screen for hours, with my hands suspended over the keyboard and absolutely nothing coming out.

Now let me tell you, this is something that didn’t happen all too often. I’m the kind of person that has loved to write since, forever. I'd every single day without fail, about anything and everything. I’d write songs, short stories, poems, novels...embarrassing diary entries. I’d write stories for my friends as birthday presents. I infused every part of my life with my love of writing.

I was whole, then. I hadn't yet encountered doubt or fear in my creative life. There were no limitations. I was simply being, living my passion, and that's how it starts for all creative people. Until the world reaches out and snatches your confidence away piece by piece, then suddenly you’re not so whole anymore…