Hello guys and gals!
Welcome to another blog post! First and foremost, I would like to apologize to you all for not posting as often as what I had in the past. I have had a lot of events with work, trying to get my two books ready and out for you all to enjoy, working on edits for other Amazing Things Press books, as well as dealing with a very personal issue that I will be sharing with you today.
It all started on Pinterest. It's part of my morning ritual: having a cup of coffee in my pajamas while checking my emails, social media updates, and checking my repins on Pinterest. Well, one morning, I came across a Pin that talked about Endometriosis Awareness Month back in March. I stopped multi-tasking to check out the link of this Pin. The link really spoke out to me as I waited for the page to load. The website was called, "Fight Like a Girl". My first thought was, "That is an awesome website title!" As I started scrolling down the page and reading about the posts and comments and merchandise, my second thought was "Wow...". I was stunned. This was the first website that stopped me from whatever I was doing as I was reading these powerful, inspirational stories of women who battled the same disease I had. Then, it gave me an idea.
One of their headers said, "Share Your Story." I was a little apprehensive because I really didn't know what to say except for the basic stuff. As I started to write, my heart just poured all over the page. I started writing personal things that I had never told anybody...ever. As I submitted the post, I knew what I had to do. My heart was telling me, "Ok, May, so you told your story with a website. Now it is time for you to write a novel to help you cope with what is going through your mind."
I have been battling Endometriosis for about 10 years now and it is a constant struggle every month. The pain became so unbearable that I had to go to the doctor to see what my options were to deal with it. She prescribed me The Pill which was to help regulate my irregular heavy periods to regular moderate periods with little side effects. About a month in and I was in the worst pain of my life. Every night for 5 nights, I would be up all night with severe pain, heavy bleeding and I just started screaming and crying. My husband didn't know what to do except to hold me and tell me, "everything is going to be okay." After 4 months of dealing with this drastic change in my cycles, I stopped taking them and hoped everything would go back to normal and for the most part it has. The only reason why I started taking the pills was so I could have a child on my own.
For 2 years, my husband and I have been trying to naturally conceive but we have been very unsuccessful. Right now, we are at the point where we are giving up. We have had so many different occasions to have a child with no problems and did everything by the book but absolutely nothing has happened. Because we cannot afford to go to a fertility specialist or any type of fertility treatments, we have stopped hoping for our dream child. For a month, I was depressed, angry and just felt betrayed by my own body. I began writing "Wear Yellow for Hope" as a coping mechanism but then it turned into something more. The characters just started telling me their heartbreaking story and then I realized I was writing about ourselves. My husband and I have come the conclusion that if we have children of our own, great! If we don't, it is not because we are failures as humans; it just wasn't meant to be and we are not alone.
Please note that we are not trying to sell a pity story and are not trying to take advantage of our readers with our sob story. We are hoping to share awareness about infertility and Endometriosis. It is our way of letting go and dealing with the cards we have been dealt.
Before I close for tonight, I have a writing challenge for you. You didn't think I forgot about these writing challenges, did you? (Just to lighten the mood a bit from this depressing topic.)
Have you or are you battling a problem that makes you feel alone, depressed, and betrayed? How are you coping with it and what are positive ways that you have been dealing with it? What is your story?
As always, thank you guys so so much for tuning in this week. I know it has been a long while but I do apologize. If you have a story to tell, leave it in the comments below. I love you all and I will talk with you soon.
Thanks again and Happy Writing!
Love you always,
Megan Marie
P.S. If you wanted to check out the website Fight Like a Girl and tell your story, here is the link: http://www.fightlikeagirlclub.com/ and Join the Club!
Welcome to another blog post! First and foremost, I would like to apologize to you all for not posting as often as what I had in the past. I have had a lot of events with work, trying to get my two books ready and out for you all to enjoy, working on edits for other Amazing Things Press books, as well as dealing with a very personal issue that I will be sharing with you today.
It all started on Pinterest. It's part of my morning ritual: having a cup of coffee in my pajamas while checking my emails, social media updates, and checking my repins on Pinterest. Well, one morning, I came across a Pin that talked about Endometriosis Awareness Month back in March. I stopped multi-tasking to check out the link of this Pin. The link really spoke out to me as I waited for the page to load. The website was called, "Fight Like a Girl". My first thought was, "That is an awesome website title!" As I started scrolling down the page and reading about the posts and comments and merchandise, my second thought was "Wow...". I was stunned. This was the first website that stopped me from whatever I was doing as I was reading these powerful, inspirational stories of women who battled the same disease I had. Then, it gave me an idea.
One of their headers said, "Share Your Story." I was a little apprehensive because I really didn't know what to say except for the basic stuff. As I started to write, my heart just poured all over the page. I started writing personal things that I had never told anybody...ever. As I submitted the post, I knew what I had to do. My heart was telling me, "Ok, May, so you told your story with a website. Now it is time for you to write a novel to help you cope with what is going through your mind."
I have been battling Endometriosis for about 10 years now and it is a constant struggle every month. The pain became so unbearable that I had to go to the doctor to see what my options were to deal with it. She prescribed me The Pill which was to help regulate my irregular heavy periods to regular moderate periods with little side effects. About a month in and I was in the worst pain of my life. Every night for 5 nights, I would be up all night with severe pain, heavy bleeding and I just started screaming and crying. My husband didn't know what to do except to hold me and tell me, "everything is going to be okay." After 4 months of dealing with this drastic change in my cycles, I stopped taking them and hoped everything would go back to normal and for the most part it has. The only reason why I started taking the pills was so I could have a child on my own.
For 2 years, my husband and I have been trying to naturally conceive but we have been very unsuccessful. Right now, we are at the point where we are giving up. We have had so many different occasions to have a child with no problems and did everything by the book but absolutely nothing has happened. Because we cannot afford to go to a fertility specialist or any type of fertility treatments, we have stopped hoping for our dream child. For a month, I was depressed, angry and just felt betrayed by my own body. I began writing "Wear Yellow for Hope" as a coping mechanism but then it turned into something more. The characters just started telling me their heartbreaking story and then I realized I was writing about ourselves. My husband and I have come the conclusion that if we have children of our own, great! If we don't, it is not because we are failures as humans; it just wasn't meant to be and we are not alone.
Please note that we are not trying to sell a pity story and are not trying to take advantage of our readers with our sob story. We are hoping to share awareness about infertility and Endometriosis. It is our way of letting go and dealing with the cards we have been dealt.
Before I close for tonight, I have a writing challenge for you. You didn't think I forgot about these writing challenges, did you? (Just to lighten the mood a bit from this depressing topic.)
Have you or are you battling a problem that makes you feel alone, depressed, and betrayed? How are you coping with it and what are positive ways that you have been dealing with it? What is your story?
As always, thank you guys so so much for tuning in this week. I know it has been a long while but I do apologize. If you have a story to tell, leave it in the comments below. I love you all and I will talk with you soon.
Thanks again and Happy Writing!
Love you always,
Megan Marie
P.S. If you wanted to check out the website Fight Like a Girl and tell your story, here is the link: http://www.fightlikeagirlclub.com/ and Join the Club!
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