Building a Positive Future

Our task is to continue to help Sierra grow and learn.  We purchased an iPad for her to use the app Dragon dictation as well as the audio book functions.  Because her verbal skills were so fine tuned we directed her focus on these positive skills.  Enrolled her into a local children's  theatre so that she could build on her talents of speaking and singing.  Immediately she bonded with everything theatre and acting.  One day on the way home from rehearsals she said "I'm in love with acting".

Sierra and I have a very special relationship as a mother and daughter.  We occupy our free time playing games such as "I Spy with my little eye" and tell stories from our imagination using our environment and surroundings.  It's a game, one of us begins and we each add twists and turns.   One day about 2 years ago we dreamed up our story Caterpillar Stickers.  We liked the concept and I decided to write it down.   We had imagined our village and characters but neither of us could draw or put the pictures down on paper.  Since then we wrote down several more stories and thought we would take the next big step to publish, one day.  All along we were seeking an illustrator for Caterpillar Stickers.  Through  my research I learned we could be matched with an illustrator through a publisher and so we went down the path to sharing our book with everyone.

We want people to look inside themselves and see their inner beauty.  We want to inspire others not to give up.  Encourage the young, especially, to see that glitter and wings only change what people see on the outside.  Perseverance and doing the right thing is what transforms us, making us beautiful from inside out.  

Sierra and I worked together in every course of publishing our book from completing the IRAD which lays out the book, planning the illustrations, format, layout, fonts, etc.  She explained to me that the picture needs to be on one page without words.  She did not want words to mess up the pictures.  Additionally she wanted the letters and words to look normal and big.