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The Door God Opened By Freda Douglas When my beloved husband died in 2001 I found myself making decisions I shouldn't have, and would not have made if he had been around to advise me. I found myself spending money I didn't have by abusing my credit cards. All of a sudden the freight train of credit stopped - with a loud crash. I had to abandon my credit cards, resign from all my foolish investments I had made on the web, and declare personal bankruptcy. What to do now was the question. I have always, it seems, liked to write. I am not accomplished, but I have been pleasing my newspaper readers with a weekly column for almost 15 years. I even had a story published in Heartwarmers of Spirit in 2001. I had a need, an urgent need, to keep busy and I had no money. I had the fundamental knowledge about writing, mostly by trial and error. Besides, writing only costs my time, and goodness only knows I have lots of that. Every day finds me at my computer doing something connected to writing. I even have a book almost ready to send to a POD for printing. This is the door God opened when He closed the door of my bankrupt internet business, and I intend to keep it opened. After this was written I had my manuscript accepted by my POD publisher, and I expect to send it in the first of September. God not only opened the door, He opened it wide. About the author: Look for the release of my first book, "Cherish the Past ".