Family Drama Leads to Writing Inspiration

We have all heard the saying...when life hands you lemons, make lemonade? Well my personal life has been very "lemony" lately. Seventeen days after the surgery I posted about in the previous blog entry, my husband ended up in an emergency surgery for an "incisional hernia". The repair of the previously botched surgery resulted in his small intestines pushing through the incision and ending up laying on top of his abdominal muscles...ouch! He now has a open wound of 21cm X 15cm and 2 cms deep. Guess how is doing the nursing care? Yup after 4 years of separation he is back in our lives while he recuperates and I do 3 wound dressing/packing changes every day plus give him his meds and take him to his many medical and depression appointments. This of course on top of all that is necessary for my lovely daughter who is also seeing many doctors for her cerebral palsy, behavioral issues (social phobia and adjustment disorder). Life is full of drama, surprises and unexpected events. All of these experiences both the negative and positive inspire my writing.

One of the main reasons I write is to express what it is like to be a wife and mom so that perhaps others can relate and feel that they are not alone in the "dragons they slay" as they journey along similar paths. My husband has generously supported us financially for most of this current 4 year separation as he struggles to gain control over his depression. Now he finds himself without an income since July 21, 2009 putting our family among the so many others struggling to make ends meet. My writing career is at a pivotal change going from working with clients to creating a site that will allow me to write more freely and hopefully more fruitfully regarding meeting our income needs. Timing stinks though giving how our main income source - my husband's taxi cab earnings are now non-existant. I firmly believe that God knows the big picture and my family will manage. In the meantime we are all learning a great deal about compassion and patience. I have gleaned from this experience so far an excellent copy for my soon to be released Warrior Forum WSO based around helping others to make PLR lemonade.

I will keep my readers up to date on the progress of the release of this WSO. It was slated for release 4 weeks ago and the unfortunate surgical events have postponed that release as I have had to fall back on my nursing skills from my Naval days to care for my husband and help him through this most trying time. All I need do now is some editing and write the final sales copy. Stay tuned for the WSO announcement!