I'm an author--and I've lost my focus to finish the novel I started (and lost most of the manuscript to Hurricane Katrina's devastation) 10 years ago. The story is locked in my mind--but because it needs major revision (and I have to re-create 80% of the lost chapters)...I expend so much energy on memory recall, II feel drained as I type more words. Then I get tired of creating my story--so I stop and sleep...and I don't wake up for hours. And when I wake up, I'm still too drained to get back to storytelling. This story deserves a real chance to shine--and I don't want to be the one who dims it. I need to rediscover the JOY of my craft (because I know the PAINS of it).

Thanks, everyone--and be blessed.

My husband and I are in danger of losing our apartment--and we're down to our last one hundred dollars to spend on our needs. I'm not earning a lot of money from my tutoring work--and my husband's work is slowing down (hopefully there will be another opportunity to get some work in January). Our finances have been up-and-down this year, but we made it. Usually we can make it to the end of a year with something to count on for the first few months of a new year. This year we don't know what's gonna happen, and it's got my husband worried about our future. Actually, I'm a little shaky about it, but we've made it through every one of our four years of marriage--through lean years and (somewhat) meaty years. Please pray that we are blessed with a needed job opportunity to sustain ourselves. Thank you for faith and prayers--God bless all y'all!