Hannah Christine Filling

I was born on August 2nd, 1993 in a small town with a small family. Throughout my childhood, those around me always observed that I strongly expressed my emotions. Most of my family believed I acted this way because I did not have any siblings and needed constant attention. Whether I cried because I had to leave my grandparents house, laughed because I found something unbelievably comical on Rugrats, or threw a hissy fit because my dad did not bring home my "happy meal" for the week, I always fully expressed what I felt at that moment in time. This emotional personality that I developed as a child has carried over into my teenage years and has continued even now in college. Although I still possess this personality, it has altered from childish outbreaks into a desire to treasure the existence of emotions in life. I define these emotional treasures as love, innocence, beauty, and purity. I have found that such treasures exist not only in every day life and the world around me, but also in more intellectual concepts. When describing emotional treasures in the world around me, I imagine the iridescent glow of a full moon in a clear night's sky or the love and admiration that a smile depicts on a spouse's face as the other enters into the room. On the other hand, I appreciate the existence of emotional treasure through the enticing diction used in literary works such as poems, plays, and short stories. This appreciation has grown throughout my experience with literature in high school and even further in my short time here at the University of Georgia. Although I am not an English major, I believe I will always possess the fervor to express my emotional personality through writing and also through the observation and appreciation of the world around me.