{"id":1357,"date":"2010-04-30T00:17:11","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T00:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolene-test.com.bishopcompsol.com\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2010-04-30T00:17:11","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T00:17:11","slug":"what-have-i-gotten-myself-into","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/what-have-i-gotten-myself-into\/","title":{"rendered":"What Have I Gotten Myself Into?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_112.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1358\" title=\"shapeimage_1\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_112-300x171.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_112-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_112-500x285.png 500w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_112.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, that\u2019s me in the back row with the oh-no-what-have-I-gotten-myself-into expression. The other two are my brother and a cousin. There\u2019s another cousin kneeling in front, but I can\u2019t get her to show up. (Sorry Nell!)<\/p>\n<p>When the good people at Discovery House Publishers emailed on April 13 to say they accepted my proposal for <em>Different Dream Parenting: Raising a Child with Special Needs<\/em>, my response was similar to the one in the picture. It was the day after we returned from our son\u2019s wedding so my energy level and brain functions were nil at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, it took awhile for the news to sink in. Once the old brain cells revived, my first response should have been of the whoop-and-holler-of-joy variety. But no. It was more of the what-have-I-gotten-myself-into and why-did-I-think-I-could-write-a-book-on-this-subject variety.<\/p>\n<p>After a few calming breaths and some positive self-talk, the panic subsided, at least until I printed off the chapter summary that was part of the original proposal. After reading the plan written last December, panic returned, along with self-doubt. I felt as poorly trained and utterly inadequate for the task at hand as I had each August of my twenty-five year teaching career.<\/p>\n<p>But over the next several days, God calmed me down, patted my head, and held my hand. Every Bible passage I read was about how God prepares his people for his work. Every book I opened contained valuable resources. Visions of experts and parents I\u2019ve met in the past few years &#8211; many since <em>Different Dream<\/em> was released &#8211; came to mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWrite them down,\u201d a voice whispered inside my head. \u201cMake a plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I started a list of people, books, websites, and organizations. In minutes, the list was two pages long. Their expertise matched many of the subjects to be addressed in my book, though a few holes remained. In the next few days, previously unknown experts appeared on my radar screen. The timing was uncanny.<\/p>\n<p>The voice in my head was clear and insistent. \u201cYou\u2019re not in this alone. I\u2019ve spent my life preparing you to do this. You take the logical next step and leave the rest to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Living by faith. Writing by faith. That\u2019s what I\u2019ve gotten myself into.<\/p>\n<p>Let the adventure begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, that\u2019s me in the back row with the oh-no-what-have-I-gotten-myself-into expression. The other two are my brother and a cousin. There\u2019s another cousin kneeling in front, but I can\u2019t get her to show up. (Sorry Nell!) 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