J.L. Pitts

well I came onto this forum to get back up for career ideas that I might actually do but I offended someone who thought I was promoting myself. The only person I was really trying to promote myself to was myself. I was a squared away military wife for 15 years, all during that time I had 3 miscarriages and the Specialists at Fort Sam Houston said it was never going to be. But God is the true Specialist and two years later I had a perfect daughter. I've focused on being a Mother for the last fifteen years and my daughter quit "Needing me" at about 12 so I started writing. I have always kept Journals and so it was an easy transfer. Not having a college education I had to start at the bottom and I am still pretty much there. The royalties I get are not enough to say I have a career. But I love writing the articles! I have two blogs but have been like in 1st gear and not being able to get out of it. I really need to write for both blogs but my car broke down and we just found a replacement and that has taken a good deal of time out of my writing. I have also joined some free socializing clubs and I have been to one group that met at lunchtime and was for bloggers but the leader shut it down during the holidays. But there are others I am members of and the one I like best is just for women over 40 and they are so active! They live in the big city I live out in the sticks. It takes about an hour to get to where they meet up so I haven't been able to go to socialize because of my car but that has changed now. I am on disability and that is such a small amount I have to live in low-income housing Lets just say I make such a little amount off of disability that I only have to pay $51 dollars in rent. My husband and I have been separated for like 8 years but are working on getting back together and that is such a wonderful thing to have happened. They put me on heavy doses of 7 antidepressants and 2 anti-psychosis medications and being a mother to my daughter was all I was able to do and because of panic anxiety disorder (I have a list of diagnoses) i wasn't able to do a lot of school events with her but she is a daddy's girl and she didn't miss me. But I missed her. I had custody and he had liberal visitation so she went where she wanted to be. She has done well with us getting back together. Well almost back together. He has internet and since my writing career is based off work on the Internet. The medications I was on made me a zombie but last February I tried a different kind of treatment. It was considered extreme measures. My disability includes PTSD but the main problem stemmed from postpartum depression that I left untreated and it went into postpartum psychosis. After I went through treatment last February I got off one anti-psychotic completely and only take a third of what I used to take of the one they kept me on. My psychiatrist said in the spring we are going to try to get off that one too. I went from like almost 10 medications down to four and every one of the dosages were lowered to where they are more like maintenance medicines. I am no longer a zombie. I think that is why I want a career now because for the first time in my life I am capable of having one.






. But not having a college background