Life update from the author:

Hi everyone… I'M NOT DEAD! Though, I do feel like it sometimes.

Anyway, I just noticed that it has almost been an entire year that I have not updated my story… I'm so extremely sorry, and I feel like quite a shitty person for doing that to you guys… But, I have come to tell you that I have a reason for this rather long hiatus. As of the end of 2014, my health has officially crashed and has left me spiraling downwards. I was getting ready to finish high school during that time, and I had to, consequently, stop going to school and cut several important things out of my life; this story being one of them. I luckily did graduate, but it was a rough and rocky road getting to that point. I am slowly but surely trying to put my life back together and learning to live with the cards that have been dealt to me, but it is a very long and exhausting process.

I constantly think about this story. This story is my metaphorical child that cries out for me all the time to feed it and give it attention. Which, I guess then puts me in the role of the poor, neglecting mother that wants to give the child a better life but does not have the means or energy to do so… (An extremely sad reality, but a lot of people with health disabilities are forced to become homeless because they cannot work long enough to get social security money.) I constantly go back to this story, but every time I try writing, my pain and fatigue overtake me. Plus, I am now at university, and all my time has been shifted to that.

I know, I know. All I ever do is give excuses, and as everyone who has been with me from the beginning knows, Excuses is practically my middle name. But, all I can tell you all is that I am trying. I am trying my hardest to come back and give you all the story that you want and deserve. BUT! (And this is a rather large but!) I will have almost the entire month of December off, and I am planning on writing during that time period! I have already started the next chapter, and I believe that I will be able to finish and post it during that month! So keep an eye out for that!

I, unfortunately, cannot see into the future and have no way to tell you what the future may hold for me and this story, but I will tell you this again! "I know my promises do not mean anything, but I promise I will never give up on this story! Unless there is a spontaneous, tragic accident that changes my life or leaves me dead, I will finish this story! You will just have to be extremely patient with me."

Thank you all for taking the time to read my story and, of course, my ramblings! It may not seem like it, but each and every one of you means the world to me! I truly mean this from the deep, dark, and rather fiery bottom of my heart! I could go on and on about my love for you, but this update is starting to become an essay about why I am not worthy of your readership… because honestly, I probably do not deserve your loyalty.

So, until next time: Cheers to you my lovely readers!

(This will be deleted when I update the next chapter.)