Memoir: Anne with an E in Me

I am a girl who loves to imagine, 

I am so obsessed with escaping the reality that I drown myself in dreams of many stories. 

I dilly and dally all day long, dreaming and imagining myself in scenarios that makes me feel better and less trapped in reality.

And perhaps... that's exactly why I love the series, "Anne with an E." 

Watching this series felt like I'm an omniscient reader living through the protagonist character Anne Shirley Cuthbert, 

A girl so in love with literature and the way words work. 

The way this world works makes my mind wander in the clutter of curiosity, and just like me Anne was filled with curiosity and love for the world around her so much, that I felt so connected to the character. 

The character Anne, chose to escape the hellish reality, with the wondrous worlds she crafted within her mind, she was shamed and bullied for it initially. Strangely enough I was actually comforted by seeing Anne getting accepted into the world and loved by many. 

I sank into the world of fantasies to escape the mundane life and its harsh reality, growing up I was alone most of the time, the solitude I sat with sucked me into the symphony of stories.

Stories are sanctuary to my soul. It helps me survive the storms in life smoothly. I get a sense of belonging between the pages of the books. Just like it did for Anne who had a terrible and traumatic childhood.

Fortunately, The title of Freak and weirdo was never given to me as a loud label but yet, I got it silently. 

I was the loner in the corner of the class during middle school. 

I was too much for many... too loud, too talkative, too sensitive... That eventually made me too silent to speak. But imagination helped me bury the burden and break free from the silence. 

I was never too much, I was just a human high in energy and expression! 

And embracing me as I'm enabled me enjoy my life.

In day to day life, Sometimes, I let the imagination take away the magic of the moment, but also sometimes I create magical moments through imagination. 

Just like Anne, I love to weave a beautiful world with words that gives me wings to wander off to various facets of life. I presume that spellings are made to be spelled in the way it is... Because it is believed magic is possible with SPELLS. 

This is why I strongly believe that the words around us are no different from magical spells, and manifestations are real.

As a girl, who is already in love with wandering the worlds inside my mind, Anne with an E brought me wisdom. That the world inside my mind can break the barrier of rash reality with me romanticizing it. Which I have been ever carrying out, Romanticizing my reality, with making my imagination mould it out of mind.

However, I still find myself making my way back into the worlds inside my mind.