In this May 15, 2007 file photo, singer Shania Twain arrives at the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Jae C. Hong, file)
Shania Twain says "healing is serious business and has taken a lot of the wind out of my sails," but a year after her marriage broke up she’s sounding optimistic about life.
She’s written a letter to her fans on her MySpace page saying she’s "enjoying life" and "managing very well, in fact."
She says "I’m enjoying my child, friends and family like I haven’t in years, and it’s great."
And she’s putting her heartbreak to good use. She says "I’ve been inspired by my pain to write and use writing as a therapy through the suffering."
She says she "truly wouldn’t wish this on anybody as a means to get inspired, but it’s been a productive period with so much emotion trying to find its way out."
Twain and her husband Mutt Lange split in 2008, after he allegedly cheated. She says it’s taken a lot of her energy to deal with her personal life and still be a responsible parent to her seven-year-old son.
