Number of posts : 28 Registration date : 2012-10-15 Age : 54
Subject: New adventures :) Tue Oct 30, 2012 1:39 pm
Today was my last day at my full time job. I was working at a McDonalds within walking distance of home....a job perceived as menial by some. Somehow during the full time schedule (plus overtime) I managed to publish and begin marketing the paperback version. The team at the restaurant stuck by me as I needed emergency surgery, encouraged me as I fought the heat, rain, cold, and wind as I grew tired of walking every day to work and back...as I learned how to be a public speaker and "become" the author known as Penny (an alias I use for writing). I'll always remember the awesome grace of those blessings. Maybe one day I can put it into words, but not yet.
I'm off for a week and then I start my part time job as an emergency intake counselor at a nonprofit womens crisis center nearby, which, miraculously, gives me a pay raise and more time to write! My book opened a door for me to help women who are in the same situation that I found myself in about 2 years ago, when the world was spinning out of control and I was living the days of what would become my published memoirs.... it all began with a prayer for help, for a positive change, and the rest I have just gone with the flow, done what felt natural, and now I reflect on what has come to pass, a new career among the string of blessings... its very humbling.
I made a video saying goodbye to the wonderful staff who stuck by me as I went through the good, the bad, the wonderful, the scary, the ugly, and the beautiful....if you want to, feel free to watch it.
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Number of posts : 8210 Registration date : 2008-11-04 Age : 75 Location : Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Subject: Re: New adventures :) Tue Oct 30, 2012 2:02 pm
10/30/2012
Penny..
Good for you ! Congratulations...Whenever you want to tell