Sending love and strength to you, dear Katiuska 🫂

I’m pregnant and drove across 3countries yday.For most of it,lil homie slept.At some point,he started kicking and dancing in my tummy.I realised it was exactly when we were passing the hospital in which my mum almost lost me decades before.Lil homie is happy I’m earthside and he gets to be here too.

My nephew once suggested driving through town and throwing lots of copies out of the car window to make people happy. That, together with screaming nice things at everyone. Might be worth a try!

In the Belgian city I lived in at the time, people put stuffed toys (mainly teddy bears) in the windows for children to spot on their daily neighbourhood walks. One family made beautiful little scenes with their resident Tigger.

I share them with my (writing) friends, critique group etc! Instead of lamenting over rejections or the milestones I have yet to reach, I try to intentionally speak about all that is working out. I also have a celebration jar in which I collect each little achievement on a piece of colourful paper

Fantastic news!

Celebrate all the wins, even the tiniest. Take one step at a time. When it gets tough, remind yourself why you feel blessed to be able to walk this path. And most importantly - build community wherever you can (like here!). Wishing you all the very best for this new adventure ✨

Oh wow thank you for sharing. I wish I would have known about this option
after spinal surgery. Do you mind sharing where you put your keyboard and what positions you work in like that?

I don’t know if this helps at all, but I think your work truly has that special something. Your illustrations are so expressive and heartfelt!

And the #kidlit mega feed is reminding me of why I love my work despite worrying industry trends

Sounds like a dream ✨ Sign me up!

No you‘re not! I saw your post on the kidlit feed and will gladly attend the next neurospicy virtual party you‘ll throw!