Who Am I?

My identity is tons of different things. I am Italian and I am a Chicagoan, but these are not the only things that define me. Most people won't see that I am also a daughter of a loving mother and supportive step dad or that I'm a crazy older sister and a quiet cousin. They won't see that I am still a student who learns more and more every day. They won't see that I am friend and that I am a listener to their problems and their dreams. If you open your eyes you will see that I am a reader with millions of stories in my mind and a writer who wants everyone to hear my thoughts, but I am shy. Just because it's hard for me to state my thoughts that doesn't make me useless, I still have feelings and ideas that I want to share. Though somethings people know about me make them think they have the right to judge me, just because I love cats and own one doesn't make me someone you can think wrongly about. Okay maybe I am a crazy cat lady to you, but to me I am smart and reliable teenager who is still growing every single day, that is my identity! People should see all things about me, but some of them don't. My identity is me and if you don't see that, well then you are just missing out.