I left a career in newspapers for a variety of reasons, among them — I was tired of telling other people’s stories.  I wanted to tell MY own, and get paid doing it.  Some 15 years later…my first paid, first-person piece, published by xoJane.  Sometimes quickly.  Sometimes slowly.

http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/divorce-after-spouse-becomes-doctor