Awww, thanks for the lovely mention at the end! I'm excited about the idea - should you decide to follow that road!

And thank you for sharing this story. You are so not alone in the challenges you mentioned. There was a long period of time when I was feeling the same way.

I've heard lots of other people sharing the same kinds of feelings.

Not that this changes your situation, but I've always found it helpful to know others have been there, too, with various struggles.

Sometimes we have to get pushed to the worst possible place before we allow ourselves to see the way out. Sounds like you've hit yours, and now you're moving back toward the light and creating the life you desire!

Thank you for the honour of publsihing this. Such a beautiful, vulnerable piece that will help a lot of people!

I notice sometimes you refer to yourself as Fanchon, as you did here. But with your user name being "Octavia Ever After" I thought maybe Fanchon is a nickname and Octavia is your actual name and that that's what I should call you. What do you prefer? ❤️❤️❤️