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      <image:caption>The day is finally here! Ebook is ready for Pre-Order!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>But I've learned so much during this book writing process—the beauty of storytelling, the art of writing, and the pains of self-publishing—and I especially learned so much about myself writing this memoir. Part of me wants to keep that all to myself—because what if all my work wasn't enough? I didn't write a literary masterpiece, I didn't turn 50, and I suddenly realized that I'm a gifted writing savant! Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Don't get me wrong—I was giddy holding my paperback proof in my hands. It was one of the most rewarding moments in my life—for about 30 seconds.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Then I stumbled upon the assisted termination of life thread.  Whoa.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>There weren't many groups then, but I found one, joined, and made connections. The women in the group all had relatively young and healthy husbands in the same situation as Ted, but one by one, they all lost their battle—until there was only one left—Ted.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Please don’t forget these people are still fighting this impossible illness.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Road Trips and Audiobooks: A Journey of Healing from Medical PTSD - Writing my experiences was so therapeutic—I expected that. But I wasn’t prepared how liberating and cathartic it would be to say it out loud—to hear the words for myself. Slowly, those fears that froze me in my tracks started to lose their power.</image:title>
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      <image:caption>I snapped this shot of Curtis Island on a cruise around Camden Harbor in Maine—the town where Ted and I lived 25 years ago.</image:caption>
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