I can’t tell you how excited I am to finally share my new children’s picture book, Patsy Bea, with you! I mentioned a few weeks ago about a special project I was working on to honor my grandmother that I lost to cancer several years ago. I have already told you what an amazing woman she was and how special she was to everyone who knew her. What you may not know is what an amazing and unique childhood she had. My grandmother’s name was Patricia Beatrice but everyone called her Patsy Bea. Her grandfather owned a circus during the 1930s and she grew up traveling around with her grandfather’s circus. I loved to listen to all the stories about what her life was like in the circus. She rode her elephant Babe as a young girl in the circus. She always told me about how special Babe was to her and how Babe would watch over her almost like a babysitter. After the Great Depression, my grandfather had to sell the circus and my grandmother always wondered what happened to Babe.
After my grandmother passed away, I was so heartbroken and missed her so much. I just started writing which is something I had always loved to do but had been so busy with my boys that I never had time to do it anymore. Writing about her and thinking about all the stories she had told me over the years helped me so much after she passed away. There is not a day that goes by that I do not think about her and miss her but this story always brings a smile to my face. I know she is looking down from heaven and smiling!
