what i save

i save words—cards, books, magazines, e-mails, hand-written notes and newspaper clippings. words are my life. i have always been a social person. i don't have any problem chatting with friends for hours on end and at the end of the day, when i'm alone or missing them dearly those moments and those words are what i cling to. savored times in my days when my guard is down and anything goes. it doesn't matter if i've thought about what i'm going to say to make sure it won't offend anybody, i just say it.

words on paper are especially significant to me, whether they are words i have typed on the fly or carefully printed on a favorite piece of stationary. they are how i express myself best. i love it when i have time to organize my thoughts on paper and free my mind. i don't worry about saying the right thing when i'm writing. i am confident in my words. i don't feel rushed when i am writing. my words don't jumble together as they fall from my fingers or get stuck on my tongue, stumbling and stammering about. those who know me best know that some of our most heartfelt conversations may be spoken in silence on paper before the words are ever breathed aloud.