Ruth Dennis

"Mom, I'm bored," I said while on punishment for like the hundredth time. She lay there on the floor because of her bad back and calmly said, "Go read a book. It will take you many places." She continued, "There's an old trunk in the basement full of books. Pick one and read it."

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I hesitantly went to the basement, opened up the old yellow and brown, peeling trunk. I picked out the first book titled "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison. Thus started my love for reading and writing. Now, here I am at age 54, ready to publish my first poetry book, and next, my autobiography. It was a long, hard road to get here but through trials and tribulations, I made it. Thank God.