Dear readers,
Why haven’t I blogged for over a year? First, I broke my wrist. Then my husband was hospitalized with a complicated case of pneumonia. I fell out of the habit of weekly blogging and became distracted by the world on fire—forgetting at times that Jesus said, “…In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 (NIV)
Even if I wasn’t blogging, however, I was quietly editing my memoir trusting the truth of Revelation where the apostle John says, “And they have defeated him (meaning the devil) by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony.” Revelation 12:11 (NLT)
A memoir is a kind of testimony, an eye-witness account of what you saw and experienced first-hand as authentication of a fact. Many memoirs are about how children with difficult childhoods overcome their upbringing against all odds. But I was rescued from the first as an illegitimate baby born in the conservative 1950’s who was adopted by wonderful parents who provided a comfortable, loving home as I came of age during the counterculture of the Woodstock Generation. On the outside, my life looked stable and ordinary, yet, as an adoptee, I always wondered who I really was, where I belonged, and ultimately what I was worth. These are universal questions, but for a child who didn’t know her biological identity, they harbored insecurities which plowed the ground for bad choices of growing proportion. It was a marriage crisis that ultimately revealed the love of Jesus who knows what it is to live in a cruel, confusing world and understands our weakness. It is his grace I want my memoir to verify by sharing this aspect of my life. You might think this a spoiler, but isn’t it the unique details of a journey that make it 0h so human and relatable. And aren’t our most important journeys begun long before we can read a map?
So, announcement: Unmoored, How an Adoptee Found her True Identity should be available on Amazon as both an e-book and a print on demand paperback sometime in July just in time for beach reading and lazy summer afternoons. Exact date of publication coming soon.
I also want to say thank you for subscribing to my blog or reading my posts on Facebook. Your comments gave me the confidence and encouragement I needed to complete and release a very personal story in hope that it will resonate with others and bring the peace and healing that only experiencing the grace of God can fully supply.
I’d also like to invite all of you to be part of the excitement of bringing this memoir to fruition by being part of my launch team. What does that mean? What am I asking you to do?
Simple:
- The first week of publication, I’ll send you a picture of the cover along with a simple pitch. Would you please share it at least once on all your social media.
- The first week of publication, would you please buy at least the e-book and write a short, honest review on the Amazon site. I’m asking for your purchase because only verified buyers’ reviews are posted on Amazon, and I need at least 50 reviews to make the book visible on their vast website.
- Most importantly, would you please pray for the readers God has prepared to hear and respond to my testimony about a fresh identity anchored in my adoption as a child of God through Christ, for without him we can do nothing.
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5-6 NIV)
That’s it, friends. Thanks again for already being an important part of this adventure. When I have an exact date of publication, I’ll send you the promotional pic and pitch, hoping you’ll help me carry the memoir project God placed on my heart onto completion.
For his glory,
Ann
