I love Ann Lamott’s writing because she makes me feel not so alone with the worries in my head. I just wish I could be half as I find her to be.

Aww… thanks! I am taking your encouragement to heart.

The picture of you guys taking down the Twinkies is hysterical. I love it!

I hope you’ll stay with your memoir. You have a lovely ability to paint a word-picture, even in such a limited forum. I think you’ll be able to reach a lot of people, and perhaps change their lives.

Very well said. My husband and I both have severe PTSD. His was caused by combat when he was a very young US Marine in Vietnam, and mine stems from multiple childhood traumas. In our early days on Facebook, we each learned the hard way about the consequences of posting things that are inappropriate for that forum.

Now I keep my twitter and FB postings mostly happy and light, while also being honest about our less-than-perfect life. For example, today I posted that last night my hubby brought home a box of Twinkies. By this morning, between my overweight husband, overweight me, and our overweight rescue dog (who also has PTSD), we had eaten the whole box… and the dog was sitting with the empty Twinkie box on her bed, staring at it.

We 3 put the FUN in dysfunction!

I’ve started and stopped a number of blogs because I was stymied by how much to say, even when using a pen name. I am currently writing a memoir and this is a tough issue that I struggle with every day. One big question I try to keep in mind when it comes to my writing is: What would Jesus do? (For those who don’t relate to Jesus like I do, it would be appropriate to ask: What would love do?)

I appreciate the wisdom in this post and in all the comments. I particularly relate to Andrew’s comment. Brilliant!
Lynda

I just reread my comment…jeez I sound so snooty.
“Pay me and I’ll be honest”, what a crock.

Rachelle, I’m a minnow in a mud puddle who tries to be amusing, sometimes I succeed and sometimes my cheeks pink and my family cringes. At least I’m trying. Every single time I post, comment, submit and publish I try to be unafraid and as authentic as I can be.

Now that’s honest and it’s free.
BTW you are a voice of reason in this business. I just wanted to tell you that.

That is a hard topic to be totally honest about, isn’t it? Way to go, for tackling it.