When people think of a woman with a historical impact often our minds go toward people like Helen Keller, Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart, Louisa May Alcott, and many other wonderful women of history who lived an extraordinary life. Often times we forget those who had a simple, yet lasting impact. I would like to focus on Ms. Emily Dickinson.

Emily Dickinson was born into one of Amherst, Massachusetts’ most prominent families on December 10th, 1830. She was the second child of three to Edward and Emily (Norcross) Dickinson.

I find Ms. Dickinson inspiring, because though she was very humble, and I am sure doubted her works, they went far beyond what she could have ever imagined and her name and history live on in her writings. I can relate so much to her, there are so many similarities in my own writings and habits of not sharing them. Also in writing poems in letters to friends and loved ones. While also never leaving a finished poem, finished. Always going back at some point and editing and adding, making it another version of the same poem with a different twist.

I have found in life that people can inspire you and teach you what to do while as importantly what not to do. Ms. Dickinson’s story has inspired me to continue to write and never lose the passion I have for my poetry and stories, while also inspiring me not to second guess and doubt myself as much. It is good to be humble, but when God gives you a gift we shouldn’t tear it down, because of our own insecurities.