In case you haven’t seen my posts on my various social media platforms, I had a hysterectomy (everything but ovaries) almost two weeks ago. I’ve been taking my pain meds diligently and reading a book a day but getting seriously restless. This afternoon, I’m doing some slow walking on my treadmill desk, which in turn spawned some slow, slow writing on a short, short Kandy story that I was hoping to include in Moments of the Adept Universe 1 but didn’t quite make it.
Needless to say, my publishing schedule is now even more delayed than usual. As are my newsletters, etc. But I’ll get back to work on Amplifier 5 as soon as I’m up for it.
Here is a tiny Kandy snippet to tide you over (hopefully).
I stood on the land of the pack of my birth and felt nothing.
The gate had been open, but the long drive was filled with vehicles so I’d parked my Jeep on the street and walked. Walked until the behemoth of a house loomed over me. The white siding and columned front porch showed signs of age for the first time in my recollection. The dusty pink roses woven through the trellis that stretched up to Justin’s bedroom window on the top corner didn’t quite hide the broken cross brace midway up. And I could see that the untreated splintered wood had grayed with age.
Five years and five months of age to be exact.
I’d broken that trellis the last time I’d sneaked out of Justin’s bedroom. Though he’d asked me to spend the night, and nothing happened clandestinely in a house occupied by adult werewolves, no matter how stupidly large that house was, so sneaking around was just a game.
Just a game.
Fooling around with Justin and Dedra at the same time.
Pretending I wasn’t committed to anything or anyone, least of all some imposed sense of place, or status within the pack. The pack I’d been born into, bred into really. Bred to be the best of the best.
At the time I’d thought that walking away was one of the hardest things I’d ever done, ever have to do.
I’d been wrong.
And not for the last time.
Because it was possible — no matter that I was happy as I could be in Vancouver and within the loose structure of my pack of choice — I wasn’t going to be able to bring myself to walk through the front doors, let alone jog up the few steps leading to them.
My mother was dead.
– A Moment of Reflection (Moments of the Adept Universe 0.8), first draft
OMG! Your stories just keep getting better and better! Thank you for sharing. Get well soon!
Hope you’re stronger every day Take it easy and heal your body and mind. Thinking of you & sending positive thoughts & prayers. We all adore you
Aww. I want to hug Kandy!!! Also want to hug you. Here you are in recovery still thinking about your fans. The most important thing we all want is for you to get strong. Thank you for all you do for your fans. The snippet is super, giving us another layer to Kandy. 🐺
Oh wow, I’m not sure how I missed that you had surgery. Do they think this will take care, or at least help your headaches? Hopefully it does!
It’s a very slim outside possibility but not the reason for the surgery. And so far the constant headache is still going strong.
I’m so sorry! I for sure was hoping that was it. 😐
I hope you get to feeling better soon. I love your books but your health is more important, so take care and we will be here for you.
Hope you start feeling better soon, take it easy and rest. Will be praying you get stronger on a daily basis.
So sorry you had surgery but glad that it went well. Best wishes for a speedy recovery and hoping that by some miracle this helps in the long run with your headaches.
OMG! That is the last thing I expected to happen! I’m glad I have time to wrap my head around this…..Whooh! Heal completely, don’t rush anything. Practice self- care and self-love. We will still be here when you are back at full force!❤️❤️❤️
Get better soon!
Hope you feel better soon As always your stories are appreciated and wonderful Hope you are back in the pink soon!
Slow but steady recovery is good! Also I want this as a full story! Kandy is so much fun to read.
Take time for you. Rest and feel better. Your very loyal fans will still be here!
Take your time. We will be here when you are ready. Thank you for the snippet. When I first read about Kandy, I never would have thought that she could have such a complicated back story. I have been enjoying these peeks into her history.
On the off chance that magic is real, I’m sending you lots of love and healing energy. Really love your books, but your health is number one.
Heal and get well. Lucky to still have the ovaries, no hot flashes. But get well, we will wait for you.
Take care and take your time to heal. We will be there when you get back :).
And thank you for the snippet – the more I learn about Kandy, the more I adore her character.
Love you Meghan. Support you in this need for healing time.
Take the time you need to recover. It never happens as fast as you want. Get well soon.
This snippet was is a wonderful tease! Please take care of yourself so you can do what you do. We all want you at your best! Hope this helps with the constant headache. 🤞🏻🙏🏻
I hope you’re getting plenty of rest! Heal!!! Your work is amazing, as always. ❤️❤️
Absolutely take time for yourself! A big surgery with all the details required to heal, means you must take care of yourself first, writing second. Your books are a joy but your health overrides the creativity you have, so be good to yourself. We all send you huge, healing vibes! Take care!
To piggyback on all the messages above… thank you for the wonderful snippet! Take care of yourself, don’t feel pressed to rush your recovery, your health & well being is most important to us. Of course, if writing and sending out more snippets will help you heal faster, by all means… 🤣 But seriously, we’re here for you, no matter how long it takes. We care about YOU! 💖
Your healing is the up most of importance. Blessed be you, creator of the MCD universe. 👏👏
Take good care of yourself.🌼🌻🌼
Wishing you well. Healing is never as fast as we wish it to be. 💐
Get well soon. Take the time to heal completely. We will wait for the next installments. 🎉❤
Take care Meghan! Sending you healing magic and best wishes for your full recovery. 🖖🏻🧙🏻♀️💆🏻♀️
Hi Meghan, so sorry you are having a tough time with recovery. I had the same surgery. Apparently I had fibroids which caused me to bleed heavily to a point that, unbeknownst to me, I was anemic. I just edited my message because I realized I was oversharing with a story about me and being anemic but this is about you, sorry!
Walking really helped me with recovery so hang in there. Also sorry that you are having your headaches too. Sending you some love and healing thoughts!! <3 <3 <3 P.S. Love the Kandy snippet – can't wait for the book to come out!!! 🙂
I had a open hysterectomy 13 months ago and kept ovaries. If you had the open one it will hard and tiring for a while. It’s very surprising how slow we are, let your body lead your recovery. You will feel amazing later. I still got nauseating migraines but gave up caffeine in coffee and now chocolate and I think I may have got the cause. Don’t know if this is a possible give it a try for you.
I had the whole deal after elevated C-125 tests, I’d just hit menopause, I’ve been pretty happy about it but it takes time to recover. Take care of yourself, we’ll be praying for you. Thankfully writing is low exertion except for brain and fingers.