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Wings for Your Heart is for anyone who has been through too much. This is not a storybook. It is juvenile nonfiction, a self-help book for hurting kids and wounded inner children. This therapeutic childrens' book provides age-appropriate victim support, addressing trauma in a gentle, non-triggering way.

Designed for survivors of childhood trauma, this picture book pairs healing affirmations with soothing illustrations to help readers of all ages reconnect with hope and self-love after abuse or loss. While written with kids ages 3-9 in mind using simple, warm language, the emotional depth will resonate with adults too.

This book is intended as a safe space to help readers process negative feelings. There are no patronizing platitudes here. These affirmations are universally true. They are the words that survivors need to hear. Whether you're a hurting kid or an adult on a healing journey, may this book be a balm for your soul.

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This is for the people who see a list of diagnoses like mine and think, "Wow, that person must be a great actress. She's clearly done research and faked the symptoms to trick doctors into thinking she has all those illnesses."

That's not how it works. You can't fake test results.

It went more like this: I say I feel bad. Doctors run a lot of tests. They put me in big machines, stick me with needles, and make me drink weird shit. Then they make me have a surgery, take pills, or wear glasses with prisms.

Age 7: What's wrong with me?

Doctors: Your urine goes backwards due to kidney reflux disease. You need surgery.

Age 10: What's wrong with me?

Doctors: You have migraines. You may grow out of them or have them your whole life. Take pills.

Early 20s: What's wrong with me?

Doctors: You're getting kidney infections. Your surgery makes you more susceptible. You'll probably always get them. Have some antibiotics.

Early 30s: What's wrong with me?

Doctors: You have low vitamin D. Take pills.

Mid 30s: What's wrong with me?

Doctors, after reproductive imaging and neurological testing including a brain MRI: You have fibromyalgia, PTSD, OCD, & social anxiety. Take pills.

Late 30s: What's wrong with me?

Doctors, after an endoscopy, a heart ultrasound & Holter monitor, etc: You have GERD, low magnesium, and low potassium. Pills.

Age 40: What's wrong with me?

Doctors, after an ultrasound and bloodwork: You have a little dysautonomia and reactive hypoglycemia. It's from Hashimoto's. And you're probably perimenopausal, but we have to do more bloodwork to be sure. Another pill.

A few months later...

Me: What's wrong with me now?

Doctors, after a CT scan, a HIDA, another endoscopy, and a colonoscopy: You have NAFLD. And a kidney stone. And severe GERD. And chronic gastritis. And probably gastroparesis, but we have to do a gastric emptying study for that. More pills.

A few months later...

Me: Why do I have double vision?

A paramedic: IDK but you should really get evaluated for autism.

Doctors: You have BVD from 4th Cranial Nerve Palsy and you should go back to the neurologist. Here are some glasses with prism lenses.

Also me: I'm chronically ill and have multiple disabilities.

Some stranger: You don't look sick. You're too young to be unhealthy. You're not disabled. You just don't want to work

The Heart of Fear: A Romantic Horror Anthology

Devotion. Obsession. Ruin.

Open Call for Submissions

Accepting poetry and stories under 10000 words. Send 1-3 of your best scary short stories and poems to be considered for publication in our upcoming horror anthology. Contributors will receive 1 free printed copy and an ebook for family and friends. No fee to submit.

Submission Guidelines

Word Count: Up to 10,000

Deadline: December 1, 2026

Publication: February 14, 2027

Submit to: [email protected]

We welcome a wide range of interpretations of the theme "Heart of Fear," including (but not limited to):

Obsessive Love Horror Love that consumes, possesses, or refuses to let go

Devotional Horror Worship disguised as love, lovers as offerings, rituals of devotion

Body Horror Romance Physical transformation, merging, or the literal cost of intimacy

Cosmic / Weird Love Love that transcends humanity, reality, or comprehension

Dark Psychological Love Stories Control, fixation, codependence, or emotional unraveling

Tragic or Gothic Love (with teeth) Longing, loss, and doomed relationships, but with a strong horror core

We are not looking for:

light romance with horror elements

generic ghost girlfriend stories

surface-level “spooky love”

breakup trauma drama

smut or gore

We are especially interested in stories where love transforms, takes, or destroys--permanently.

World Upside Down: Mind-Bending Lovecraftian Tales

Available now on Amazon! This indie anthology will pay homage to H.P. Lovecraft with original literature and art. Face ancient cults, eldritch evils, cosmic terrors, existential dread, and the inevitable embrace of madness.

24 contributors, 19 stories, 7 poems, & 6 art pieces that distort reality, twist perception, and defy comprehension.

Read it now on Amazon!

Ebook $4.99 or FREE on Kindle Unlimited

Hey y'all. I thought I'd reintroduce myself. I'm a chronically ill southern mom of two sons and a zoo full of animals.

I'm a writer, web designer, and tarot reader. I have a Bachelor's in English and am in my final semester of a Master's in Digital Marketing. I've publish 2 books of healing affirmations for survivors of childhood trauma, and next month I'm releasing my first fiction anthology: a horror tribute to HP Lovecraft.

You may have noticed that I've been MIA lately. A nasty cold ran through my house earlier this month, and then I got a UTI right after that. The nausea wrecks my appetite, so I end up battling dehydration and electrolyte imbalance too, along with their friends headache, brain fog, weakness, fatigue, and--my least favorite--persistent double vision. Thought I was having a stroke or something at first.

Last June, after a decade of unexplained symptoms, I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's (an autoimmune disorder that causes hypothyroidism). A few months later, I got diagnoses of GERD (severe acid reflux) and gastritis (stomach irritation), which my GI doctor thinks is caused by gastroparesis (slow stomach emptying). I also have mild NAFLD (fatty liver), which means I get the double whammy of insulin resistance and reactive hypoglycemia.

My eyes have been deteriorating for the last few years, which we think is BVD caused by TED. I have an appointment soon to be fitted for prism lenses. Until then, I get very limited daily use of my eyes before ocular migraines render me useless.

I also have PTSD, OCD, and social anxiety due to a combination of child abuse, DV/SA, and medical trauma, and I suspect that I am on the autism spectrum, which seems to run in my family.

Besides constant anxiety, symptoms vary from wobbly legs and brain fog to shaking, fainting, and sleeping spells to uncontrollable vomiting and even unusual heart rhythms. All of which ER doctors conclude is no big deal or drug-related, even if I show signs of electrolyte imbalance or infection, as if my diagnoses & medical records are not real. I had to change my whole diet and lifestyle, and I'm always tired. I don't drive anymore due to the vision changes and strange 'spells', plus the INSANE costs of car insurance.

Last summer, I transitioned from delivery driver to tarot reader and writer. It took time to build a consistent full-time income and my son has been out of work, so we struggled just to keep food on the table last year. I used to always be out and about, on the go, walking my three-legged great dane, bringing homecooked meals to my hungry neighbors, buying all the fish at every pet store. Now I'm a reclusive hermit, spending most of my time at home entertaining you fine people.

Fortunately we are finally recovering. My health is improving now that I understand my disorders and how to manage symptoms and avoid trigger foods. My sons are both working, and my client pool has exploded! I contract with several tarot chat sites online from home, and I'm getting a steady stream of party bookings. Plus I'm launching some higher revenue services in the coming weeks.

Patients have the right to informed consent.

Patients have the right to bodily autonomy.

This includes pregnant women.

If a man needed life-saving surgery but said no, we would not save him by force. If he wanted something removed from his body, we would do it. If a patient's life depended on the man donating blood or bone marrow, and he said no, again, we would not force him to do it, even if the patient was his child, even if the patient died.

When a pregnant woman or her fetus "needs life-saving surgery" but says no, choosing natural labor, we force her to have the procedure anyway. If she wants the fetus removed from her body, many states tell her no, even if abortion is safer for her, even if the pregnancy is endangering her life.

No means no.

In the bedroom.

In the operating room.

In the L&D ward.

I think the biggest reason that people put off their dreams isn't timing or motivation but just that their goals seem like such BIG jobs, impossible to manage--distant possibilities a lifetime away from completion.

People are willing to do the work but don't know where to begin. It isn't just one job. It's a whole bunch of tasks. You've got to research this, plan that, save money for the other thing. You can't do this because you haven't done that, and you need this to do that, and so on. The whole thing seems futile.

If your dream seems like too big a job, make it manageable. It's your job! You're the manager.

Make a schedule. How much time are you willing to devote to your goal per day or per week? An hour a day? An hour a week? There's no wrong answer, and you can adjust anytime.

Now take that big job and break it into smaller tasks--and then split those up into even smaller micro tasks. Remember making outlines for your essays in school? Do it like that.

Since a lot of my friends are writers, I'll use the example goal of "publish my short stories." Sounds simple enough, but it's a big job! You have to have some stories ready to send out--plus query letters for each submission. You need to know which anthologies are a good fit, when their deadlines are, if they charge submission fees. It isn't just one job, but several complex jobs in one.

Break it down. What steps do you need to take to be ready to hit the Submit button?

You need to polish a few stories. You need to research anthologies. You need to write a query letter for each submission. Then you have to actually sit down and send out all your submissions.

Now let's break it down again. What steps do you need to take to check "polish a few stories" off the to-do list? Let's set an easy goal of 3-5 stories and pick which titles to polish. We can repeat this process for each complicated task, simplifying them into baby steps that you can achieve in short time blocks.

1. Polish 3 stories.

A. Polish Title I

B. Polish Title II

C. Polish Title III

2. Research until you find 3 anthologies for each piece.

A. Title I: Anthology 1, 2, 3

B. Title II: Anthology 1, 2, 3

C: Title III: Anthology 1, 2, 3

3. Write query letters.

A. Write 3 for Title I

B. Adapt 3 for Title II:

C. Adapt 3 for Title III:

4. Submit each story.

A. Submit Title I to 3 anthologies.

B. Submit Title II to 3 anthologies.

C. Submit Title II to 3 anthologies.

Each of these microtasks could be achieved in 1-2 sessions. Work on 1-2 small tasks at a time. If you find yourself staring at one of the tasks, unable to begin or unsure where to start, start listing steps again. It's like a to-do list for your to-do list.

More women should know this exists! If you’ve ever dealt with a UTI, you already know how miserable it is… and how annoying it can be to get treated! Walgreens Telehealth lets you answer a few questions (no video or phone call) and have an antibiotic sent to your pharmacy, usually within a few hours.

The cost is just $39, and my prescription was only $5!

No appointment. No travel costs. No waiting room.

No extra stress when you already feel awful.

Just something helpful I wanted to share because this would’ve saved me a LOT of time and energy in the past.

Stay healthy and take care of yourselves! 💗🖤

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