A window of opportunity used to be a catch phrase referring to doing something that will meet with success during a certain time frame when it wouldn’t meet with success if done before or after that time frame. I think of my diagnosis and treatment for DID in terms of a window of opportunity. My heart aches for all the people who spent years institutionalized before the diagnosis of MPD/DID was recognized as a legitimate psychiatric diagnosis; and the many who are now receiving other wrong or incomplete diagnosis and treatment, all because some unethical people value money more than truth or people.

It makes me feel all the more intense about my mission to write the book I am working on. I get discouraged at times, wondering whether or not I will ever complete it, especially during the fall and winter months when I struggle so hard with depression. The past couple weeks have been especially challenging, due to a severe head cold and then several gray days in succession. I sit in front of the computer or lay in bed contemplating what I need to write, stumbling over thoughts and words that refuse to come in coherent order.

Then I hear something on the radio or read a passage of Scripture that infuses me with renewed determination and inspiration to carry on in my efforts. That’s just what happened yesterday when I heard an interview of a well-known author. He said it took him 7 years to complete his first book, and that he had received more than 300 rejections for things he had written. The interview sparked new life and determination into my heart; and so here I am again, typing away at the computer.

I appreciate so much all the prayers on my behalf. I know each one if being heard and answered. I believe God is the instigator of my determination to persist in my efforts to complete this overwhelming task, and so by His grace I shall persevere.