Behind the Stories

These stories weren’t written as lessons. They weren’t written as therapy. They were written because childhood is full of quiet things — the feelings that don’t always have names.

Sometimes it helps to find your reflection in a book before you can speak it aloud.

In the Quiet is about the space between what children feel and what they say. It’s about shame, comparison, friendship shifts, invisible pressure, grief, and quiet hope.

There’s no single message. But maybe there’s a thread that feels familiar.

Some adults have told me they use these stories in classrooms, therapy, or bedtime conversations. Others have read them alone and remembered their own quiet child.

There’s no guide or rule — just stories, waiting to be opened.