writing what i know.

I want to write something that has meaning and power. I never want to write about my own experiences or feelings. Well, I do, but I'm convinced they're cliche or trope or flat out boring. Does that take away from their meaning or power? Is my story less important because it is mine and I've deemed it unworthy of sharing? I write about the same things, not because I'm too selfish or lazy to conjure up something new, but because I'm still struggling to understand and convey this part of my story, of the great big human story. Sure, it's been done. It's all been done. But writers are constantly asking themselves of stories, "Why this one? Why this day?" And sometimes that answer is because I said so. Because it's my story and it's worth telling. Because my experience is valid and even relatable. Because ordinariness is where God can be found. So I'm going to keep writing about boy-meets-girl, about failed marriages, about mending bruised love, because I don't get it yet and this is how I'll work it out.