Star-crossed lovers and other great stories

My old and almost forgotten passions have been surfacing again. As a 5 year-old you always get the question: ”what do you want to be when you grow up?” My answer was always a writer or a journalist. I published a series of books about a little princess and I created an innovative newspaper titled: “ The Floorgraaf ”.
During puberty I discovered literature and poetry. I begged my mom to buy me a copy of Romeo and Juliet and I started writing poems to cope with the problems of becoming a grown-up. As I grew older, I discovered pubs, bars and clubs, but also cigarettes, alcohol and ofcourse boys. This led to the decay of my writer aspirations.

With the birth of my blog and my current job in PR, I realized how much I had missed writing and reading. I started reading books written by journalists again and found myself inspired. Now I am reading in my old-time favourite story again: Romeo and Juliet. I am surprised how timeless this story is. Classical themes like love, hate, misunderstandings, violence, faith, friendship and family are all dealt with and could be set in these modern times as well.

I am happy that I re-discovered the things I love to do again. My mother’s passion is art, mine is language. I hope I will not forget that anymore.