{"id":18820,"date":"2015-06-07T07:21:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T14:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=18820"},"modified":"2022-06-07T03:22:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T10:22:11","slug":"if-i-ever-do-become-a-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=18820","title":{"rendered":"If I ever do (become a writer)"},"content":{"rendered":"
If I ever do (become a writer)<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
If I ever do become a writer<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
one Isabel Pritchard pens<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
a letter to her 8C teacher<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
at Oaklands High 1992<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
(thanking her for having\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
faith in her promising\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
to dedicate her first book to her)<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
Yet another bit of history<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
unearthed in our household<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
in between and betwixt Africa\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
and Youth Months<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
If I ever do become a writer<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
for that is what I wish to be<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
a dreamer too she says<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
(sounds like teacher\u2019s\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
John Lennon influence)<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
When she writes she feels<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
as if she is giving a part<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
of herself away<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
(did she follow her passion\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
her dream in some way\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
educating and encouraging)\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
She stops herself<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
(I will have to end it<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
says she dramatically)<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
before her letter turns<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
into a novel\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
Ending with something\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
her tea-drinkingly English<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
teacher quoted<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
Hold fast to dreams<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
for if dreams die<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
life is a broken-winged bird<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
which cannot fly<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
Did she stop herself<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
Did she hold fast and fly<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n
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A \u201cDear Miss\u201d letter surfaces in the Kapp household, circa end-May into June 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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