I've been writing this diary, on and off, since around 2000. Through the pages, you will read about several key trials, tribulations, and good things that I have gone through. I specifically talk often about losing my high school sweetheart of four years only 10 days after his 20th birthday, a tragic loss that still affects me, 8 years afterwards. You will also read about having been raped at the age of 15, as well as going through several sexual partners in the pursuit of love and unconditional acceptance. You will read about having met the man I married, about how I knew it was "Him" when I met him. And you will read about my struggles in my marriage, which include trying to be a good wife, trying to maintain a healthy sexual relationship with my husband, and improve communication between us. And then you will read about my dream of being a writer, and some of the process (including tears shed) it has taken to try to write my first real novel. I hope that it will be at the least interesting, and at the most encouraging or helpful to people who might be going through or have experienced similar things.
