Stages of Spelling, Writing Process, Personal Writing

I definitely remember going through some of stages we talked about in class. In first grade, my reading teacher made us write in a journal everyday. At the beginning of the year I wrote sentences like, " I like school". They were very basic and so many of the words were misspelled. At the bottom of the page we colored a little picture about what we said. I still have my journal and it is really interesting to look back at it. I progressed so much throughout my first grade year and it was very evident by looking at my journal. Some of the words I misspelled, it was obvious that I had some thought behind why I was spelling it that way. I remember I spelled the word mine as "myn". It is definitely incorrect but I understand why I did it.
I really enjoy blogging but not necessarily blogging about school topics. I do like blogging as opposed to a formal paper because it allows me to put my thoughts down without worrying so much about the organization of my thoughts. I really do enjoy writing and I think this class has made me realize it. I don't like writing papers and having to make sure that everything is perfect. I would really like journaling just for my own personal enjoyment instead of having to turn it in.
I have had a really hard time deciding what to write about. The one topic that I think would be interesting and easy to write about is kind of personal so I was worried about doing it. I have decided to do this topic anyway. My younger brother was killed in a car accident my Senior year. I am just going to talk about my life before the accident and then talk about how so many people came together to help my family. It is definitely a sad story but it is also amazing to hear how people can come together to get through things.