I would love to be able to lay out a story like this, with the timeline so perfect! When I write these types of memoirs, I end up all over the place, frustrating myself into quitting.
I think I'm going to try one, by simply writing a timeline, and then going back and filling in details.
Okay, that had nothing to do with the story itself. Sorry for the brain dump. (Sorry, not sorry!)
This story, Kelly!! I would have been scared out of my mind, and I'd guess you were, but this turned out so much better than I thought it would.
I was holding my breath through the whole thing!