What are your dreams?

Yes, the manuscript is completed. The first five chapters won third prize in a contest at a writers conference. I went back to re-edit and it's better now . . . I think. I've put together a book proposal and hired an editor (who loves the first few chapters so much he'll give me a few for free) and we shall see where it all leads. I'll be in touch. Thank, my friend. Now how 'bout finding me Mr. Right! LOL. JK.

Well, I'm glad you're trusting the Lord. In regard to your manuscript, is it finished? If so, what are you doing about publishing it? I'm asking for a reason because I'm in the process of starting my own publishing and merchandising company and down the road, maybe I could publish it. If you want to go another route, you could check into Lulu.com. It's a self-publishing company and you have to promote your book yourself. I'm not sure if you're on my friends list or not but if you aren't, why don't you request the friendship so we can email privately about all of this. If you are on my friends list, then email me and we'll go from there.

That's wonderful! I think getting married at 16 had to be a challenge and you are so very young still. I'm glad that you are on the right track with your faith and I encourage you to keep hearing the Word until your faith takes you where God wants you to go. If you will seek first His Kingdom and His ways, all He has for you will be added to your life. I'm glad your dreams have come true but keep in mind that you are very young and life has a tendency to throw curve balls at you. Build your faith to go through whatever life throws at you and overcome it. Just remember that no one goes through life unscathed so the best thing you can do is to stay in the Word and be prepared and never give up on what God puts in your heart to believe for.

If you really want to save your marriage and your husband is still willing to do so, then make a commitment to do so. If you give yourself the option to get out, you will. The only way to make a marriage work is to make a decision to do it. But both of you have to make that decision. I know because my parents made that decision over 50 years ago and they are still together. They had lots of opportunities to end their marriage. My father was abusive when I was a child and a lot of people would have encouraged my mother to leave him. I did try to talk my mother into leaving him at one point. I'm glad she didn't listen to me. I'm glad that my parents are still together and that they endured. Now they are melded together and take care of each other. My father is a different person now and he takes care of my mother a lot of the times. And, my little sister takes care of them both since I'm so far away. I just think that if both of you are willing to work it out, you will be so glad you did years from now if both of you give it your all.