"Precious"

Tonight I saw "Precious." I felt like I'd been stabbed in the heart and emerged from the theatre wanting to teach literacy. That faded, but I still feel stabbed and bleeding. I feel smart sometimes, like I know about things, but there's knowing about and there's KNOWING. The film put me right into her unspeakably horrible life. I'll never forget it. I doubt I would have survived it like she did.

I've been requesting official transcripts and letters of recommendation to be sent to Pacific University's MFA writing program in poetry. Yep, I'm really going to do it if they'll have me.