Me In 500 Words

Lily DeCosmo

Celebrating my acceptance into HPU with all my friends who made it possible

From Dreaming It All 

To Making It Happen

By: Angelina DeCosmo

I don’t know what I want to be for sure,

Just that I want to possibly write for a fashion magazine, 

I want to be successful and have an amazing family, 

I want to travel the world and have good friends that mean the world.

I have had poems published before but all I know is for the longest time I have always loved to write. 

People have always told me I was great at it, but it really is something I love, to write about things I'm passionate about, it calms me, makes me happy, and is the only way I know how to express my true feelings. 

I have a great family but I pray to create my own someday, I am specific when it comes to jobs, I want to write but I also want to be successful enough to be able to give my family the world and more, I want to see the world, everywhere and beyond, places no one would think about going, I want to see creation. 

I grew up in Downingtown PA, a small town outside of Philly. I have an amazing family with a mom who does everything in her power to make me happy, and a dad who works harder than anyone I know to make sure that happens. My mom is a teacher, and my dad is the head of Internal Audit for his company. 

I have always believed that I am able to do anything as long as the people around me are there to pick me up when I fall. Life is hard, achieving your dream is hard, but not impossible. It is important to believe in yourself as everyone will tell you, but I wouldn't be where I am today if I did not have the army that stands behind me to pick me up each and every time.

 I guess someone that was a huge influence on me was not really one person; it was them all. It was my soccer coach every time I cried on that field, my teacher every time I failed a test, my mom every time I had a bad day, and my friends every time I felt lost. 

So yes, I suppose I wanted to be a writer for a magazine, I wanted to become a mom someday, I wanted to get married someday, I wanted to travel the world someday and keep the treasures I hold in my friendships I have always had. And I thought when you grew up your wishes and dreams turned into a past fantasy. 

Not with the people in my life, and those who stand behind me, there is no need to add the want "ed" being past tense as if it was something I once wished for and is unachievable. 

I "want" all these things and will continue to want them because who says you can't live the way you dream. 

If I can dream it all, I can make it happen