02/18/2026
I’ve been keeping something close to my heart for a while… 💚🌲
Ever since high school, I’ve wanted to write and illustrate children’s books — stories that help kids understand their feelings and see the beauty in kindness.
Life took me through many meaningful chapters first — teaching, working with teens in a behavior program, building a career as a web designer and graphic artist, and even becoming a certified CBT practitioner during COVID as part of my own healing journey.
Now that I’m retired, I finally have the time to return to that dream.
I’m so happy (and a little emotional) to share that my very first children’s book, The Heart of the Forest, is now live on Amazon. 🌿✨
It’s the first in a seven-book series focused on emotional intelligence, empathy, and love for the world around us.
This tender story follows four forest friends who learn that love isn’t just hugs and words — it’s patience, helping hands, and brave kindness that glows from the inside out.
This feels like a full-circle moment for me. A dream I’ve carried for decades… finally real.
If you’d like to support this new chapter, share it with a family you love, or simply cheer me on, it would mean so much. 💚
Thank you for being here.
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