"Memory is a poet, not an historian." (Poet Marie Howe)

When I look back on my life, there are many things that I can see that have shaped who I am today. A lot of these things that have shaped me are things outside of myself, things that I had no control over. Being raised in suburbia, by parents who don't quite seem to fit, with an older brother who couldn't be more different from me are all things that I could not control. This combination of things somehow created me. I was always an awkward kid, always wearing strange outfits simply because I felt like it, I would sing to myself, and I was mostly in my own little world... This resulted in not having many friends throughout grade school. I found myself lost in books a lot of times. Along with being a bookworm, I would find myself belting out show tunes. All throughout my growing up, my family and I would go to the theater. This passion for the theater was strengthened when my family made it a must to have a trip to New York City at least once a year. This is where I found my passion for theater and where I would eventually find my niche in high school. This is where my story leaves off. I am still that awkward kid that wears strange outfits, sings for no reason but for myself, and being lost in my own little world. This short breakdown of my short history goes to show that memory really is a poet, not a historian. These simple symbols of who I was as a kid moving into who I am today is very poetic, not history, even though this is myself and my history as I see it.