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Shila Foster
Professor Anthony
English 101
6 July 2017
Documenting My World, For My Child
While pondering the different genres of writing I use on a regular basis, I realized
something incredibly profound. My son will always know the progress of his Autism, and the
family that fights for him. He will be able to read the emails waiting for him, and enjoy the
journaling, geared towards him. Writing has become more of an emotional attachment to me,
documenting life as we go. Until now, I had never put much thought into the impact my writing