Dear George and Art,
I appreciate your comments and thank you for them. I am sorry for any confusion.

I was under the impression the writers forum provided an arena for "testing the waters" when we were at the point of putting our ideas in a form that we could share our experiences as we are all on this journey to discover who we are.

I was not necessarily looking for help in terms of the research, although what VKN has given me is allowing me to see this from a different angle, but I was hoping that I could get ideas on the writing process itself.

I felt that constructive criticism would be the best help in terms of putting my ideas down in a way that would readable and maybe helpful to someone else one day.

I apologize if it was not inspirational ,but my goal is only to let others learn from my experience in an arena that can be a very lonely journey when you get to this point. So much so that without the encouragement of this community I would have never ventured out to even record it.

I am sure that the forum manager will direct it to its proper place.

Shel