Write Like You Breathe

I have always wanted to be a writer ever since I was in 6th grade. My English teacher gave all the students a piece of paper and told us to write our favorite pastime and it can be no longer than 10 sentences if we preferred. 5 sentences turned into 10 sentences. Then 20 sentences. Then 30 sentences. I wrote exactly 35 sentences about my most favorite thing to do that means so very much to me.


I could never imagine not writing short creative stories. If you just listen long enough every single person has a story to tell. I myself am the combined effort of everyone I know.
I wrote a beautiful poem in my sophomore year of high school. It got published in a short book of poetry at the Rochester High School library. All of the teachers saw how amazing I was at writing that the principal gave me an award for being the most promising writer. It was an award for academic excellence.


It was one out of many great things to come. Every single thing happens for a reason. Every time you fall you get back up again. Moments are an endless thing but anything is possible.
You will never know how strong you can be until being strong is the only choice that you have.
I write like I can never stop. All humans are scientific, yet resilient. We all have imperfections like I have. But I am so much more than all of my imperfections.


Always stay brilliant, yet simple. Always be kind to one another. Always speak up even when your voice shakes. Sing at the top of your lungs and choose the person in which you want to be.

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Ashlee Kidder

Ashley Kidder is a participant at Marshall-Starke Development Center who finds strength and freedom through writing. Her stories, including My Resilient Story and Write Like You Breathe, are deeply personal reflections on resilience, expression, and what it means to be heard. Ashley writes with honesty, heart, and courage.

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