There are no words to describe how absolutely busy our family is since Christmas ended. There have been hospital trips for me, for one of my children, endless doctor’s appoints for the other child, and all kinds of lifestyle adjustment to meet everyone’s needs. But that’s the life of a spoonie family with Ehlers Danlos family. It’s been one thing after another for every one of us.
We also made the switch to homeschooling to better meet the emotional and physical needs of my girls while they each deal with their various health issues. The youngest is transitioning into pain management and disability devices.
So when I tell you the writing fell off for a month, I mean it.
Things are not slowing down, but my life can’t revolve around the needs of the my kids alone, so when February started, I made the time to focus on self-care for me and my writing. It’s hard–having children with medical issues, especially when I have a laundry list of my own–but life needs balance. And this month has been all about finding that balance within our new normal.
The ending of the book is written, and there’s only a fourth of the book left to go.
I’m working on the final chapters and final edits. I’m workshopping out what I already have written, and I hope to send the full manuscript out for beta reading by the end of March. So it’s back to writing rooms most nights while I grind through the rest of these chapters.