On sewing, endless interests, and learning to be the pilot of my own time.

I never thought I'd become an author. I was the kid trying to be invisible during read-alouds, but a classroom storytime, a recovering knee, and the realization that struggles don't define us changed everything.

One night, while tucking in my daughter, I made up a bedtime story to reach her — and accidentally wrote a book.

How learning to guide my own children taught me the same lessons I wrote for yours.

How I wrote a book about optimism and spent most of the time thinking like Pessa Mistic.

On bowties, auditions, and what happens when a dog is simply born for the spotlight.

How a waiting period, a daughter, and a lot of very good dogs turned into one of my favorite days making this book.

On first sketches, first nerves, and learning that pictures are their own language.

Meet Echo — the Blue Heeler who runs my office (and my heart).