Day 2 of writing - and I chose to write about my Mum

Believe it .. with all the pomp of unveiling my new pen, it ran out shortly after posting and I had to finish off writing with my mechanical pencil.  Now I do love my french mechanical pencil - I do alot of sketching with it - but writing - it felt slightly weird.  Back home I have a lots of stationery - I'm a bit of a freak when it comes to stationery.  Love it Love it Love it.  I have so many pens of different shapes and colours and there's nothing quite like going to buy a new pen.

I know - I've been told.  This is strange.

And so today we stopped off at the local french supermarche for my to buy my new Bic ReAction Gel Pen and when I got home, I began writing.

Choosing a topic today (I've mapped out lots so that I can just pick something up when I have a moment of clarity and reflection).  I decided to write about my mum's role in my ill health with ME./CFS all those 20 years ago.  I realised I could write an entire book all about my mum and how she supported me, it's not all doom and gloom, no way, there's also lots of laughs in there, we had to, to cope through the reality of the situation.  I'm quite pleased with what I wrote and I'm sure I'll add to it.  But for now.. Mum's the word : )

Actually Starting Writing Today - Rediscovering the pen.

I have been planning my book for about 20 years.  Yes I know this sounds ludicrous!! I have been writing snippets, notes, creatively bloomed the themes in lots of journals and notebooks.   Being in France since December, I have done more of the same, with new post it notes and scraps of paper.  Only recently I bought this massive pink notebook and have started just writing all different chapter headings and sub headings.  Each one on a separate page, giving it lots of blank space.  I thought I'd try using a pen rather than my mac (although I adore my macbookpro), I decided to step away from the tecky and get in touch with the pen again.    The whole point of this *I tell myself* is I can go back and when I fancy it, choose a particular topic and then write about that experience.  *I know I can do this on mac but it's the pen I think I need to rediscover ( I love all things pen-like, all things stationary so a book and a lovely Bic Intensity ticks a box for me)

And that's what I've done today.  Yippee! What an achievement.

What am I writing about?  I'm writing about my recovery from M.E (myalgic encephalomyelitis) also known as C.F.S (chronic fatigue syndrome).  I was really very ill when I was 20 until the age of about 26.  (I'm now 41).   Title headings range from What is ME, About ME; Symptoms; Family/Friends; Food; Body image/Weight; Environment; Sprituality; Arts and Crafts and getting creative' Pets; God/Goddess; Love life; Books; Dreams; GP Support; DHSS; Consultants; Support Groups; and a HUGE section on all the complementary therapies I experienced as part of the healing process. 

This has given me a good feeling today - it reads back well and I feel like I have begun.  Yay!