A.K. HUNTINGTON

Have you ever had one of those moments where you just knew? Despite all logic and advice suggesting otherwise, you felt that something was meant for you to pursue or avoid?

I wonder if you found it a scary place to be, or was there clarity in your knowing?

For me, both feelings co-existed. Certainty peacefully settled on my heart, and yet the unknown path that I felt was meant for me, seemed fraught with danger. The path was overgrown, dark, full of risk and it was simply not the right way to go.

I was ‘meant’ to go back to work after maternity leave.

I ‘needed’ to provide an income.

I was ‘supposed’ to continue my career.

Other people’s opinions (and my own fear) came at me relentlessly, although likely inadvertently.

I guess I will never know where I’d be if I had not listened to my heart and trusted my own path. One thing I think I can safely say is that I would not have written a fiction novel. I would never have experienced pitching to a publisher… which was such a joy! And… I never would have created my own website!

In hindsight, even if this path I am on doesn’t prove ‘successful’, I am grateful that I had the strength and support to choose the ‘wrong’ way.

Now I am embarking on a new chapter that I never could have designed for myself. One gifting new experiences alongside allowing for my health and my body’s needs to be accommodated. This path nurtures my creative side and fulfills my passion to raise awareness for the neglected conditions of HSD/EDS.

I can concurrently respect my own needs while shining a light on invisible illness.

I can find a new career path.

I can have this condition, and I can thrive!

A.K. Huntington