Welcome to the Children’s Imaginings Blog!

I am so pleased that you stopped by to visit the website that is all about imagination and belief. I hope that you agree with me that nothing is impossible and all you have to do is believe and you will find a way to achieve great things.

Let me tell you a little about why I know that this is true. I taught in the elementary classroom for 20 years and for the last 10 years of my career I worked as a teacher trainer. Over the years I worked with many children and teachers, and had a successful career, but it wasn’t until I retired that I began to realize some very important concepts about the potential that each one of us has.

In a way I was sad that it had taken me so long to make these important discoveries, although of course I was grateful that I had. It made me think about all the children I worked with over the years, and wanted to find ways that I could continue to impact the lives of children. How could I help them to understand their magnificence while they are still young, and not have to wait until they were in their fifties, like me. It was then that the seeds of my book came to me. What if I was able to write a children’s book that would inspire and motivate…was it possible?

It was at this point that I really started to learn about the power of belief. I learned about an organization called Mothers Without Borders. This organization works with AIDS orphans in Zambia where the AIDS crisis is at pandemic proportions. I learned that children in that country are raising each other because so many adults have been lost to the disease. These children are doing the impossible.

It was then that my life’s purpose unfolded, I was going to go to Zambia and work with the orphans and I was going to write a book and donate part of the proceeds to Mothers Without Borders. That was two years ago and my book is done and illustrated beautifully and sensitively by my son Bentley. I’m also pleased to report that I head to Zambia in July. With the help of Bentley and so many others, I have done what I thought was impossible.

Stay tuned to my blog to hear more of my trip and the very special children of Zambia.

And if you do decide to buy my book, thank you.
Thank you for inspiring your own children, but just as important, thank you for giving the children of Zambia hope and belief in possibilities.

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