Nancy's World

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person,

having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words,

but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together,

certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them,

keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away.

... Dina Maria Mulock Craik

January 18, 2012

I have been seriously lax in updating my Sybil's Friend site and for that I apologize. The holidays and family intervened with my plans and I just couldn't get enough time by myself to do what I needed to do. Husband had two cataract surgeries and daughter had two surgeries so I hope I can be forgiven.

Next, I would like to mention Dr. Patrick Suraci's book about Shirley. It's available on Amazon.com and tells about his relationship with Shirley from around 1992 until Shirley's death. It is a well intentioned account of his concern and efforts to help Shirley after Dr. Wilbur passed away. He and I are both appalled at the recent book that implied that Connie, Flora, and Shirley pulled off a hoax to make money. It was simply not true, enough said. Shirley deserves to be remembered as the lovely lady she was.

I am still revising my book that is based on Shirley's letters to me. It is taking longer than I expected because when I asked my agent to be released from our contract, I decided to do some serious revisions. I hope it provides true insight into my friend's daily life and also into the lives of some others who have DID and with whom I have also formed friendships. If you have thoughts to share, please email me. I always try to respond.

Hugs and blessings, Nancy

P.S. Hopefully, I won't take so long to update my site from now on. I'll try to be more timely, but then, the world sometimes moves faster than Nancy so whatever will be will be.