JoeyLovesGiraffes

It's been WAAAAYYYY too long. When I last published a chapter, I had just lost my dad. It was gut-wrenching, to say the least.  When I started/last edited the new chapter, my momma was sick & coming home on hospice. I saw the date of the last time I worked on the story -- a week before I lost my momma. Losing my dad was gut-wrenching, but losing my momma changed me...cut me to the core & I'm still trying to figure things out. I have become a home owner & with that all the joys and hardships & responsibilities & bills...  I've also become the guardian to my special needs sister.  It's only been 10.5 months and while I'm scared a lot, I'm also proud that we're surviving & the house is still standing & all the living beings (human and 5 fur kids) in the house are good.
          
          I'm slowly getting back to the story as an outlet.

It's been a long while my friends. I'm sorry. Life & death have gotten the better of me. As some of you may know, I was a co-caretaker for my father. Sadly, he passed away 5/16/22 after what was a quick illness even though he was bedbound for a year. Literally...almost a year to the day he came home from the nursing home worse off than he went in. *grrr*  The day I had to have him rushed to the hospital was 364 days since he was last outside. It has been the hardest thing...dealing with my own grief and watching my mother go through hers. I will write more soon to Paul & Josie's story but what's coming up in the story is a bit triggering for me so please bear with me as I work through my grief and it translates to Josie's story. ❤️

I'm sorry it's been awhile since I posted a new chapter. Writer's block and life has been happening.  I've been writing the next chapter this whole time and hope to post in the next day or so. It's hard as a writer when you know what's coming because the build up to it is so sweet... you'll understand soon enough...and for those of you I've told...you know. :)  Thanks for following for me.

I've had this story in my head for almost two years now.  I hope I can convey the story properly.
          I just published "Bogart" of my story "Forever, Always - working title". https://www.wattpad.com/1082100860?utm_source=android&utm_medium=profile&utm_content=share_published&wp_page=create_on_publish&wp_uname=JoeyLovesGiraffes&wp_originator=Hqlh79UkvOcv7gmS%2F%2Fs5Kfy%2Bzl0TfEmdWOfWH8xF6OmJCbwRY12c%2Bu4pNvVGpuH%2FWj6vmFuL7YdceT6LqjaF6zG7eU3KtqenovXuFwgedIjIl5xyUnJJ7GN6KDj8SuCo