My Memoir

  In case you missed my one of my most recent posts (that also contains my new button), I am taking a little break from my blog love posts to dedicate more time to writing my memoir which I plan to finish this month. I just paused a moment over there, to write a post here to keep you updated…  

  So, it has taken me a VERY long time with a lot of on-again, off-again breaks, but I have 67 pages written of my memoir! It is a direct account of my infertility experience. I have written about what my husband and I went through all the way up to my first daughter’s birth. And I will be adding all the craziness that happened after her and what we went through before conceiving my twins.

   Although 67 pages doesn’t sound like a lot, I am concentrating more on the quality of what is being written rather than the quantity. And the memories have come out in spurts which I think breaks the book up nicely into short chapters…kind of like a quick page turner. But it’s also a purging of raw emotion and that honestly leaves me feeling quite vulnerable.

   I have to say that I applaud all of you bloggers for putting yourselves out there for the public eye to read…especially when it comes to your most intimate thoughts and struggles. And, I think if you can do it, so can I. It is quite different to write about it after the fact though. Much of the immediate feelings of fear, loss, and total dismay are removed and only the memory is still there. I do hope that it can help someone some day, which is the same hope I have for this blog.

Currently, I am in the revision stage…re-reading and editing along the way before diving back in to write some more…

I was wondering what draws you to a memoir or blog that you have read or are reading…is it the honesty? The humor? The emotion pouring off the page? I would love to know what captivates you! Thanks so much!