I don't know what to say. I have to list credentials but it feels like bragging. I have to describe the book, but it feels like I'm trying to describe my life in a couple of hundred words. How do I begin to tell people what they need to know about this book?
It's a rocky faith journey, it's a less-than-perfect advocacy journey, it's a sometimes hellish parenting journey. It's an everywoman story I guess. While the Christian market wanted to sanitize the book and even take out words like "butt", the general market didn't think it racy enough and most wanted the faith portion taken out. So, if I'm bastardized by both groups, where do I fall? Do I fall with everyone else who is trying to muddle through a life unexpected?
We're all tiny little shipwrecks on the rocks, foundering, waiting for rescue. Okay, some of us are big honkin' steamer ships that sank when we hit the icebergs of disability. For the most part, we're everyday people, trying to make sense out of something that doesn't come close to reason.
I hope the book does well. It's about Ryan and I. His story, my story, our story. I also gave pragmatic ideas on coping with stress. Ever hear of autogenics? You will. At any rate. It's the book I wish I would have had when Ryan was younger. Someone to tell me it's okay. You're not alone, you don't have to be perfect ... more importantly, no one else is perfect either, no matter how "in control" they look.
Take care of you today. I'll publish a writing tip each month. It'll be on the side bar to your right. I don't know what you call it in blog speak but it's a sidebar in the writing world.
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