My Reflections

celebrating 25 yrs prompt 1

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Prompt 1. Sept 1.
25 years of Writing.com. Let’s celebrate!
Guide us through your writing life at WdC. Ups, downs, hiatus? What happened with you being part of this wonderful community?

I joined WDC December 9th, 2019 after my cousin and I reunited. We had lost contact due to some deaths in the family and family friction. I found her after doing some ancestry research on Facebook. It had been about (give or take) something like 20 years or more since we had last seen each other. Anyway, after we started chatting, she told me about the website. She was here first. I signed up and looked her up and here we are. Legendary❤️Mask is my cousin. We discovered we both share a love of writing. She showed me the ropes here and before you know it, I was hooked on this website too.

I absolutely love it here and have from the beginning. I love all the activities and the community here. I have developed friendships and have learned so much. I have participated in blogging activities, contests, review groups and more. I have been given activities from other members such as "Take up Your Cross Blog Forum"  and "Open Door To Grace Prayer Hot Line" . I have helped others with their activities such as Queen Sharmelloween with her "Space Blog Group"  and "Poetry Topic of the Month Contest" . I have created my own items too. I enjoy writing poetry and Bible studies most of all but also write some short stories and participated in NaNoWriMo for the past 5 years and planning to do it again this year. I've also had the pleasure of having a poem turned into a song through a connection here too.

My journey to a yellow case was exciting too. I had the privilege of going through the Rising Star program and was mentored by other writers who had been here longer. It was shortly after completing the program that I was fortunate enough to become a yellow case member.

The last few years that I have been a member of WDC has been a bit of a whirlwind. My parents have passed away and I have experienced some very difficult moments. We had the pandemic, and I have had my share of health issues too. I have had to take a couple of temporary leaves on here where I wasn't active for a while as a result, but I don't desire to dwell on that.

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