Why We Create These Stories

I’ve always been drawn to working with children. Even when life took me in other directions, I somehow found my way back.

I hold a bachelor’s degree in elementary education with an emphasis in Special Education, and over the years I’ve seen how powerful stories can be ~ not just for learning, but for connection, comfort, and imagination.

Now, as “Granny” to my two amazing grandsons, that love has found its truest home. Together with my private family collaborator D.D.M., we turn real conversations, everyday adventures, and the small moments we never want to forget into stories families can return to again and again.

CST is more than a collection of books. It’s our way of preserving childhood, nurturing imagination, and creating something meaningful we can build together ~ and share with you.

Growing up, my childhood was filled with bike rides, four-wheelers, crawdads and lightning bugs, hide-and-seek and tag, skating, fishing with my dad, shopping with my mom, and time spent with my own little grandma Bernice. We didn’t have a lot of electronics ~ we had imagination.

That spirit still shapes every story we create. We want children to build forts, invent adventures, laugh loudly, and make memories they’ll one day pass down to their families.

Our stories will always carry bits of those simple moments ~ sprinkled with imagination, warmth, and gentle life lessons. And thanks to my private family collaborator D.D.M, you may even catch a quiet wink, or two meant just for the grown-ups (like walking uphill both ways). We believe stories should make children giggle ~ and adults smile knowingly, too.