Thank you for your kind words! For some reason, my thoughts come more easily in print than they do spoken out loud. That's a fancy way of saying I'm smarter on paper than I am in real life. I don't journal, per se, but some things just bubble up to where you have to write them down.

I think I would make a few edits before I ever considered submitting it anywhere. For example, I would change or remove the line about my husband and children. I wouldn't want them hurt by something that isn't their fault!