More Monday Author thoughts!
My thoughts are rather jumbled today, but I hope my readers can make sense of it all. It may be surprising to some that authors are real people with real problems. For instance, I may write alpha heroes who rush to the rescue, but in real life right now I am dealing with my parents moving into an assisted living facility due to my mother’s Alzheimers. So the past month has been full of trips, moving, taking things to them, donating other items to Goodwill, sorting, plotting, planning…you name it, I have done it. On top of that, my youngest daughter is getting married in a month, so my life has been full of wedding planning and the excitement that goes with that special day. My grandson just turned 1 yr old. My husband and I just celebrated 34 years of marriage.
You get the picture…
But through it all, I have been busy writing, editing, marketing, and promoting. And loving every minute of this part of my life! I have new fans that are starting to contact me through emails, Facebook, and twitter to let me know that they are reading and loving my books!
Life changes and we have to change with it. That’s what I’m trying to do right now. Lots more great stories to come in the midst of my life changes. But that’s okay. It’s just the life of an author.
I know what your going thru. I had to put my husband in a nursing home not too long ago as he also is suffering with Alzheimers.
I took care of him for a number of years, but this year it got to be too much for me, thus the nursing home. Thank the good Lord
it is a great one and he seems to be doing well. The tell me his health is great but the mind is slowly shutting down. It is sad to
see as he was the most vibrant person around and also the smartest. I am sure the Lord will take care of him with my and the
nursing homes help.
May your mother & father be well and enjoy their new home.
Thank you so much for your response and know that my heart hurts for you as well. In my newest series, that will start in November 2015, the heroine will have a grandmother with Alzheimers and while it is not the focal point of the story, I know that it was written from experience.