This was more timely than I like to admit. 😛 Thank you for your words of encouragement, Anne. I’ve always been easy to discourage, so I set up a bunch of safeguards for myself ahead of time— a praise file being one of them. I was able to stave off discouragement for a long time, but it hit me hard about a year ago and I’ve been struggling with it since.
Prayer really has been something I should have turned to much sooner. Not only does God know how to give you strength for this story, God gave you this story— He knows what He wants you to write. He knows the story much better than you do. So why not ask Him and let Him do the heavy lifting you’re not strong enough for?

I love how you’ve been able to use your own journey here to help others finding themselves in similar situations. Thanks for sharing all of this!

Hey, small world! And thanks!