We write...

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"As human beings, we write to communicate, plan, petition, remember, announce, list, imagine…but above all we write to hold our lives in our hands and to make something of them. There is no plot line in the bewildering complexity of our lives but that which we make for ourselves. Writing allows us to turn the chaos into something beautiful, to frame selected moments, to uncover and celebrate the organizing patterns of our existence."
- Lucy Calkins, The Art of Teaching Writing, 1994, p.8


there is really nothing I can say to elaborate on this piece of perfection, so I'm just going to add a resounding "AMEN."