Let Me Tell Y’all About The Totally Awesome Thing That Happened to Me This Week

I've never been the kind of person to shower herself in praise; if anything, I am the Grand Duchess of Self-Deprecation. I'm tossing my considerable esteem issues aside to say: Y'all, I had an article published on one of my favorite websites this week!

I read xoJane.com like, every day. There's a feature on the site called "It Happened to Me," where certain reader's stories are published. "It Happened to Me" stories detail reader experiences with everything from heart break to prison break (okay, no prision break stories yet--looking at you, Joyce Mitchell. Step up to the plate, girl.). Anyway, these stories run the gamut and basically highlight many different facets of life.

If you want your story to be featured, you have to submit it. That means an editor has to read it and then decide if your piece is worthy of publication. I had wanted to submit my story for a while, but I'd always told myself I lacked the skill set necessary to write an engaging piece. I was bummed out about something unrelated last week, and thought I would finally send in my piece. I was 98% certain it would be rejected, and then I could wallow in ennui and Häagen-Daz for the weekend. It's what I do.

I was totally surprised when I found out xoJane wanted to publish my story! They actually liked it! I can do things that don't suck! 

The story was published late Tuesday afternoon. My "It Happened to Me" is all about my experience with Ovarian Remnant Syndrome, a rare but really awful medical condition. You can read it HERE.

Yall, really. You can just CLICK HERE and read my article. You can also print it out and stick it on your fridge or drop by with congratulatory Sephora gift cards, too. (Just saying.)

After the piece was published, I was terrified that it would not be well-received. I imagined an inundation of comments like your pores are whack; you write like a fifth-grader; u way fat; u look like mickey rourke lol; this is dumb who cares, etc.

NONE OF THAT HAPPENED. The comments were all super nice. People said they enjoyed reading what I wrote. I was congratulated for my sense of humor, and someone even told me I am pretty. It's basically the best thing ever.

I am really proud of what I accomplished. No, I don't have a book deal (yet... just know your girl is out here slaying 24/7). I'm not hesitant to admit that this is a major milestone for me. I'm also excited to be able to share my story with women in a similar situation; doing so means a lot to me.

So, yeah: go me! 

And y'all, go read it now!