I have been remiss in keeping up with my blog in the past
couple of years. So today I start on a
new journey, a journey that I hope you will take with me. What goes into a
writer’s life? How does a writer keep up with their writing when their life is falling
apart around them?
Well, I’m going to open up a bit of my life to you, my
readers, to share how the passion of writing stays with me even through the
curveballs that life throws at me. Two years ago I went through a divorce. It
was not an easy thing to go through, as anyone who has gone through one will
know. Not only did my life seem to be crumbling around me, but my future and
the plans that we had made for down the road were suddenly ripped out from
under me. So in the aftermath of that divorce, I found myself in a place of
questioning many aspects in my life.
It was about that time that I also lost my job. So with all
the curveballs being thrown my way, I took a sabbatical from writing for about
a year. I just couldn’t focus on the stories within me beyond the overwhelming
stress that seemed to be hitting me on every side.
As I slowly took stock of my life around me and the fact
that I had a couple more years until all my kids were graduated from high
school leaving me with an empty nest, I realized I had lost sight of who the
real me was. For the past year I have spent a lot of time reflecting on my past
and how much I have lost the joy I had in living. Don’t get me wrong. My
children are an amazing source of joy to my life on a daily basis. But I had
allowed myself to lose sight of ME, of what made me happy and being able to see
my own strengths and abilities. I had lost myself in two bad marriages where I
walked on eggshells to keep the peace. I spent so much time trying to keep an
even keel in my house for the sake of my kids that I lost who I was.
In the process of coming to the realization that I need to
find myself again, I have started on a journey in the past year that brings me
to a place of wonder and fear. I am amazed at how much I forgot about myself
and yet I am fearful for what the future holds for me as I move forward.
So join me on this journey as I blog through finding my way
back to my true self and the trials I will face over the coming year as I
prepare myself to sell my house and find something smaller, as I move forward
with my writing career and I find my path in this newly forming life of mine.
My hope is that maybe one of you, my readers, will relate to things that I am
going through and know that you’re not alone.