Over the years my career has consisted of some form of writing. From the early days being a Mom blogger, to jumping on publications like Lamaze’s Giving Birth with Confidence… and writing best selling smut… my first love has always been writing.
The worlds always just come to me with little effort but a lot of internal scrutiny of the finished product. Aren’t we all our own worst critic?
I have an amazing project I am embarking on after continuing to backburner it for years. If I keep second guessing myself before I even begin, I will never write again. The pressure of telling my own stories of life, and love, and learning from my sister before she left me so soon seems like the healing journey I have to share.
People don’t go through life thinking about the possibility of grieving your sibling. We prepare to lose those above us, our grand parents and parents. But the premature and unexpected loss of your sibling is something as a society we rarely talk about or prepare for. In most cases its freak, accidental, something we never saw coming.
When our mortality is tested it is a shock to the system. Looking back all of these years later I am certain I have PTSD from her loss, especially seeing how I dealt with it in the years following. Untreated and bubbling over in other ways without realizing it was all somehow connected.
If I can help just one person not go through what I did, the purpose of my art will be well served.
In the mean time, to oil the wheels until I know I will have enough time to dedicate to a couple weeks of writing without a Trova Trip or major holiday… I am going to open my inbox at ChasingOz@icloud.com for people to write in for anonymous advice.
Along the lines of a “Dear Abby” or the popular Reddit “Am I the Asshole?”
So if you would like to write something in, feel free to email it to ChasingOz@icloud@com.
All names will be removed for privacy.
If there is anything you would like to send in… I’d love to write something to help.
If you aren’t comfortable emailing you are welcome to use this link as well.