Maybe there are not a lot of men who would ever think to request a kid’s book as a present for Father’s Day, but I cannot think of a better present for one of life’s many unsung heroes. Since becoming a children’s author I have met so many people who say they still love and […]
Just like that, life as we know it has changed. For some, it may have felt like a gradual, creeping-along change. For others, it felt like they were blindsided out of nowhere. And we are all still feeling kind of stuck. We’re living with a virus that has taken our world by storm and those […]
It was Toni Morrison who said, “If there’s a book you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” That quote perfectly sums up the reason I wrote the diverse picture book, My Dad’s Job, in 2016. My Dad’s Job shares a powerful message about the value of parenting […]
It’s tough being a kid. Many of us think that we’d love to go back to the time in our lives when play was at the center of everything we did. But in reality, being a child is a time filled with just trying to figure out how to, and who to, be. As the […]
I cannot believe Kayla Dianne is turning 21. I still remember the nurse tapping me on my leg and saying, “It’s time to have your baby.” And the first thing my mama said to me when Kayla was born: “I counted all her fingers and toes. She has 10 of each!” And how proud mom […]
