Hi Guys!

At heart I am a writer. I discovered this from the age of four, when my mother, who was attempting to get two little girls- one of them quite restless (guess who)- dressed at the same time, decided to give the restless one a red exercise book and a jumbo pencil to quiet her.

Believing that the exercise book would be only used as a mere canvas to scrawl some unintelligible gibberish or art, my mother was quite surprised when five minutes later I had written a paragraph on how I felt in that moment. She was surprised and I was calmed and enlightened at the same time.

I had found my passion! Even though I did not know what the word ‘writer’ meant then, I knew in that moment that I wanted the act of writing to be a part of the rest of my life.

A couple of degrees later, magazine and newspaper articles and one blog attempt- Petramarieinspiredbe.blogspot.com, I am reinvigorating my love for writing by blogging again and focusing on achieving my cherished dream of publishing a literary piece.

As I stated, my introduction to writing came as a result of and with emotional tension and release. Hence the reason why I started the aforementioned blog.

I was at a point in my life where, I was (no joke, no semantics, no melodrama) persecuted. Publicly. And as a result I felt completely and totally misunderstood and more importantly not heard. Nah… forget not heard- not even considered human with emotions and a divine soul.

I was lost, hurt and in a lot of pain. A lot. So I wrote and like my first writing experience I was calmed.

A few years have passed now since the persecution and I am in a different place. Totally. But the need to continue writing and sharing my voice with the world remains real and strong.

Furthermore, as a direct result of my experiences I have an obsession with experiencing a shared sense of humanity with peoples from all corners of the earth. I did not want to believe that my painful reality in Barbados was the same reality everywhere in the world.

With that said I have reached ‘beyond my boundary’ and endeavoured to see this world and everything that life has to offer.

I would appreciate it if you join me along my journey and find a shared sense of humanity in my life experiences and yours.

Thanking you in advance!