Welcome to my new adventure! I just purchased an ISBN. I didn’t even know what ISBN stands for or how to pronounce it until I “googled” it. ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number. So why do I need an ISBN?
I wrote a book! Me…a small animal small town veterinarian. It all feels so surreal. I am excited, nervous, pumped up, and want to throw up all at the same time. Let me go back to the beginning of it all….
In April, 2016, I was packing for a continuing education trip in Virginia. Even though I never bring my laptop to these things simply because it is a pain to carry through airport security, God was really pushing me to bring it. So I did along with 3-4 ideas for blogs to “knock out” while on the plane. We reached 30,000 feet and the pilot allowed for laptops to be released from underfoot storage. I opened up my old 2007 Gateway tablet/laptop and composed myself to write my blogs. Then God said, “Nope, I want you to write a book…go.”
What!? Now? With what info? Do I even have enough ideas or thought to write an entire book? Nevertheless, I started writing whatever He brought to mind.
Flashforward 3 weeks later, I had 30 pages written so easily and an outline of topics to cover. As I continued writing, God started challenging me more and more. Circumstances started popping up that He wanted me to write about. Words stopped flowing so easily, yet He called me to work hard and persevere. The ways of the world tried to cause me to doubt putting Jesus and His Word into this book, but I quickly heard “deny me and I will deny you”.
You see, God is the whole reason why I am still a veterinarian. My education taught me the skills and knowledge to be a good veterinarian, but it did not teach me how to remain in this challenging profession. Many outside people do not realize that veterinarians and dentists are the top two most dangerous professions in this world mostly because of our high suicide rates. In my work, daily I encounter death, stress, money issues, crabby people, joyful people, self doubt, tough medicine, cute puppies, vicious cats, among many other highs and lows. I cannot count the times I have cried out to him at work or at home thinking about work and his love and comfort overwhelms my weary soul. He is the source of all my strength, joy, and wisdom in staying in this profession. He has been and continues to be everything to me and He has called me to share this wisdom with others through this book.
Hence this website…I can’t write a book and not have a website? Right? I know nothing about websites so bear with me if you notice some imperfections. I pray you come alongside me in this journey. I am just weeks away from launching this book and could use all the prayer and support I can get. Thank you for taking the time to venture onto this page and read my first post and I look forward to updating you as things keep moving on!!!
Much love,
Heidi