Forever Yours

It normally takes me a couple of months to write a book. Once, I wrote a novelette (around eight

thousand words) in two days.

Forever Yours took me a year.

Life was happening, and writing wasn’t a priority anymore. It had been two years since I had put

out a full-length book, and I unintentionally had almost given up writing.

In my journey as an author, marketing myself has been my biggest struggle. So, on July 4, 2023,

I made a post on social media accounts reintroducing myself to readers because I knew giving up

wasn’t something I really wanted. I told myself:

“Ivy, just do it.”

“You got this.”

“You’re on your own timing.”

“You’re a good writer.”

A little over an hour after making that post, I got a call that my oldest brother had passed. People

had taken him away from our family, and we were left to grieve him. I had never experienced a

loss like that, and even though I experienced one even greater on January 30, 2025, at the time,

the loss of my oldest brother took a toll on me.

As a result, my writing suffered.

My health suffered because of it.

Until one day, I decided that I couldn’t let go of one of the things that brings me the most joy in

the world. Skye’s story was important, and I had to share it.

So, every day, I pulled out my laptop, Pearl, to continue working on Forever Yours. Somedays,

all I would type was a sentence. But that sentence was my anchor to another sentence until

Forever Yours was completed.

Although Skye and I were dealing with two completely different traumatic experiences, her story

is about moving beyond the pain that an event can cause and healing from it.

Healing is extremely powerful. Skye’s story is one of those, and I hope that when readers read

her story, they understand the strength it takes.

Just as her story helped me, I want it to help others find their anchor.