• April 4, 2026 Friday. I started work really early, hours early, because I had to make my bank appointment in the afternoon.  It turned into one of those days where every call came with long hold times, every form attempted to complete online required research for every question. I practiced a lot of calming breathing…

  • March 31, 2026 These books aren’t just for parents. They’re for grandparents, aunts and uncles, caregivers, the relative who always wants to bring something more personal instead of another toy. Really, they are for anyone who has a relationship with a child and wants to share something with them. That’s what these books are built…

  • March 27, 2026 I spend a good part of my working life handling the business side of things for other people: the paperwork, the setup, the details that others don’t want to deal with so they can focus on what they actually do. I’m generally good at it. So when it came time to do…

  • March 24, 2026 One day, fully feeling the stress of the current world, I stepped back and thought about what has made me happy in my life. What have I always wanted to do but never had the confidence to actually try? Not another job where I worked for someone else, but for me. The…

  • March 18, 2026 My fingers are crossed that by the end of April the books will be live and available. After finally realizing that I should finally give it a try a little less than a year ago, I see light at the end of the tunnel. Five books. FIVE BOOKS. That was so ambitious.…

  • March 9, 2026 I’ve been working hard for a while now. Writing. Painting. Learning I have to put in the work. Painting again. Five children’s books are almost ready. Bedtime stories, hand-painted watercolor illustrations, and one creative workbook where kids get to write and draw their own adventure. You can see the current cover in…

  • As I build this site and work on the childrens’ books, I realized that there is so much more.  I never thought I would like doing the artwork.  I thought AI could help, but that was a disaster.  Turned out I had to actually be patient and spend months working on illustrations.  Having a full-time…

  • Struggling to come up with bedtime stories every night? Everyone has. What started as making up adventures with the same familiar characters eventually became a story world that still lives in my head today — and will hopefully soon live in books. So while some nights are for the comfort of a familiar story in…

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