Heads up

As you all know I just finished chapter 16.  Having posted my story to my blog has been a great motivator for me to continue on in my story even though there are some memories and emotions I rather not remember, but it has been a purging and cathartic experience as I have gone over those past emotions and compared them with what I am currently going through.  Having said that, I have decided to take a break from writing new material for the following reasons:

1.       Chapters 10-16 are in their very roughest form (hence the voice change and lack of description) The way I write is to get out the structure and then go back and fill it in with the details and emotion that make my voice.  So before I add new material I would like to go back and add to what I have already started.

2.       The chapter I am working on discusses the difficulties of my pregnancy with my son, the deployment we went through and the injury Josh sustained while deployed.  As you can imagine these are emotionally heavy memories that I rather no revisit while in my already emotional third trimester, I fear I will have a hard time separating emotions from then and now.

This does not mean that I will not be working on my story; it just means it will probably be several weeks before I post a new chapter.  I hope that you will continue to check my blog as I still plan on posting daily (weekends excluded).  It has been such a rush, validation and encouragement to see how many people have been following my story and who have taken interest in it.  As you can see I hide nothing and lay everything out there as I viewed it, which leaves me very vulnerable and you as readers have been very respectful and helpful as I deal with these emotions and insecurities as I strive to work on my goal of being published.  To those of you who have read every chapter so far, congratulations; you have read 73 typed pages (single space) of my crazy life!  I can’t express enough how much I love you all and will keep everyone updated on the changes I plan on making.  If I feel I revisit a chapter and make enough changes I will probably repost a chapter and as always I would love your feedback.  Thanks again for all your awesomeness!