Dear Chicadee
Congratulations re the writer's group. That's wonderful. I hope many more wonderful opportunities come to you.

With Love
Leigha

chick, I join Leigha in congratulating you. Have fun!

Lynn and georgia, I can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for you. Try not to jump at the first thing. Just take time to listen..dont' wrestle, just nestle with Him! (That's taken from a book title, DOn't Wrestle, Just Nestle. I still have to read that one. Doesn't it sound great?)

Song, thanks for the reminder about Abraham.

Angel, you are so wise to hear God calling you to ve attentive to your daughter. How old is she? I'll pray for her.

Thank you Dotsie. She is 21 years old, living in my house with her two year old daughter

Angel

Dotsie, This is my first time on ANY message board, but your question intriqued/excited me. Let me take a moment to intro myself, I am starting over-literally. After 25 years a marriage I have found out my husband was living a double life. I am facing many new changes, all at once. My mother has passed away after a long fight with cancer. I am going through the painful divorce process, my son will be leaving for college this fall. I find myself alone, facing a great big world, with no backup except God.

For many years God has been telling me to write a book. I have been working on it off and on for many years, all the while telling myself "who am I to be writing this and why would anyone want to hear anything from me?" Since all these challenging events have unfolded in my life in the last 7 months, I have completed and brought a book to publication, an autobiography, but it is not the one that God has clearly told me to write. I have dug it all back out and started on it again--I now see that during this time, God has honed my writing skills and the new version will be much better. The time I have struggled, feeling guilty that I wasn't pursuing His whisper at the time and now realizing that God's timing also comes into play. Sometimes His whispers are far in advance of when He wants us to do something. The whispers begin to prepare the 'soil' the creative part of us for later. The book would never have been published in its previous form, but I trust that it will be recieved now when finished.

When it is finished though I face a new challenge--specifically taking this latest chapter of my life and putting it in book form in a way that impacts women without it being a 'tell all' book. I think finding out your husband is a gay, pedophile would make for a good book. Does anyone have any suggestions on finding good balance for such a project?

Thanks for listening, Starting Over

Leigha and Dotsie, Thank you for your congratulations and kind words. I have to join those writer's groups soon.

Leigha, Dianne has commented many times about Sunblood. I am jealous. I am ordering 3 books on friday and yours is on that list. I have waiting too long already.

Starting Over,

I am so happy you found us. I am sorry to hear about your Dear Mother's passing. You are facing many changes at once, as you said. Your divorce, your husband and your son. This group of loving, understanding women want to help you through those changes. We will all learn much from doing so.

God's plans for you are unfolding. Hopefully, your challenges won't be so overwhelming when you share them with those who care. We care. Your book needs to be written because you want to write it. The rest will look after itself. A warm welcome to you.

chick

Starting Over--remember that phrase,"when the student is ready, the teacher will come?" Well... you were perhaps not ready to bring your novel to the world in the beginning, however, as you pointed out, God knew what he had in mind for you, and was whispering encouragement along the way. Now you are.

I cannot imagine the pain you must be in from this situation, but I'm willing to bet it will not win! YOU WILL. I also willing to bet you've pulled from deep, deep within to write this book, and are marching forward. Its called courage.

I may be going out on a limb here, but I would also bet that you will find MORE people in the same boat as yourself, (more than you would possible believe) once you get the word out. I work with a woman who's husband of 30 years suddenly announced he was gay and left her for another man. So see?

Join us here for discussion and let us know if we can help you in any way. Its what we do. FRIENDS HEAL FRIENDS.

You're in the right place hon...JJ

Starting over, Just by sharing your story here, you are beginning the healing process. It seems as if many of us come here with a problem and stay to help others with theirs. Sharing our problems lessens the load and sharing the problems of others helps us find our way.

And through it all, we pray for each other. It's a healing place.
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Dear Chicadee

I missed this post and want to thank you for being interested in Sunblood. I am glad that you are enjoying it!

With love Leigha

Dear Leigha

You have written much of what I believe. I have taken note of other books that you mention and have added them to my next buy list. Is there one in particular that you would recommend?

chick

I'd love tp hear from starting over again. I wonder how she is doing.

I also know someone whose husband announced he was gay and having an affair. It's hard for everyone involved.

[ July 30, 2005, 11:30 PM: Message edited by: Dotsie ]