Working My Way Back to You
Good morning, my Lovelies! Oh, my goodness! I can hardly believe it has been a month since I blogged. I've been completely and utterly swamped with life lately. How about you? Has life been good? Are you getting enough sleep? Are you drinking your water? If not - get your ass up and go get a bottle! Yeesh!
I have spent the past month and a half going through my parents' belongings. It is unbelievably hard to decide what to keep, what to give away, what to sell. And while I totally get that my parents had fifty-five years worth of memories and belongings here, I find myself astounded daily that they managed to cram so much of those fifty-five years into a tiny, two-bedroom apartment and storage shed.
It has been Hermione's magic purse around here. Every time I think I have a piece of furniture, a closet, or a room cleared out, I find more things hiding. My parents were prime hoarders, but I swear you would never have known it. My parents' home was always a spotless little showplace. They were just unbelievably good with packing and spatial organization. Whew!
Anyway, I'm very close to being done and it appears I will be heading back to Delaware sometime next week. I'm so ready to be home!
On to other big, exciting, and extremely scary news...
Yesterday I took a leap of faith and sent in my resignation letter for my full-time job. I've been waiting for this for so long. Now that it has happened, I hardly know where to begin.
I did it. I can now say I'm a full-time author.
This was NOT an easy decision to make - not by any means. I spent a large portion of the weekend talking with my husband about things. I cried - a whole helluva lot. We discussed the pros, the cons, my reasoning for doing this now, and the possibilities of doing this now - the good and the bad.
I'm excited. I'm scared. I'm nervous. I'm feeling all the things. But I know, over and above all the anxiety, this is the right decision.
After all I've been through over the past year, I need the time to rediscover myself. I need the time to grieve, to heal. You know, last spring my father's health began to decline and I took off work to care for him for a bit. With his passing in November, I jumped immediately into the role of caretaker for my mother who was a stage four breast cancer patient. I left my home, immediate family, friends, and job to move in with her and see to her needs. Then when she passed away in the first part of May I jumped into the role of executor for her estate and began trying to get their affairs sorted.
I am emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually exhausted. As I told my husband, I know my employer wants me back, but I would be worthless in my position at this point. I do not have it in me to go sit in an office or tackle my job responsibilities in any kind of productive or efficient way.
Instead, it seems this is the perfect time to take the leap into my author career. So, all that being said, y'all keep sending me your positive vibes and goodness...go give one of my books a try!
Until next time and as always,
Much love and creativity from me to you,
Shelly (a/k/a Dawn Love)
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