Prompt for the week of Feb 7th

Most people would see an honor as something you are receiving recognition for; however, my most prized honor is not one in which I was recognized and giving a great award. The biggest honor that I have received was having two of my poems published in books. I have wanted to be a writer my entire life, and finally being published makes me feel as if my dream is really possible. When I was younger, I was always writing stories for my teachers and everything which is were my passion for writing started. They always incouraged me to keep going with it, but after awhile I was losing hope because I hadn't really taken any big steps to become a real writer. During my junior year of high school, I was able to take a creative writing class where I was really able to express myself. During this class, I made a huge booklet of all the writing I did during the semester. Two of the poems I did in this class were the two that I got published. When I received notice that I was indeed being published it was probably one of the happiest times of my life. I even had to have my mom read the letter to me to make sure I wasn't dreaming. I know that getting published isn't that hard but to me, it is one of the biggest honors I could ever receive. Knowing that people I don't even know are able to read something I wrote makes me feel more proud then I could ever explain.