A Child's Dream

About the Book

On a clear summers evening by the lake was a family with friends sitting by the campfire. A little girl of three sat on her mother's knee listening to the grown ups talking about the next days events. When all of a sudden the little girl's Mother said, to her look up there it is a shooting star. As the little girl did as she was asked her Mother said, let's make a wish. Why Mommy? Well if we wish on a shooting star love it might just come true. As the years goes by ten years later to be exact the little girl would now be thirteen had seen her own shooting star from her bedroom so she made her own wish that night. What she wished for was to be able to travel into space to touch just one star. people believed that it was impossible for girls to become Astronauts. Kathy believes that making a wish would come true if you she worked hard to achieve her goal. With out doubt she believed in her heart that all good things will happen in time knowing and believing in yourself to become what you wished for. Her journey to explore how she would make her dream come true took her to the public Library one day looking for books on space. The Librarian told her about the Space Camp at Nassa that was available for the summer months and that is where she started her adventure.

About the Author

When I was a little girl I would write rhyming poetry. I would share my poems with my Deaf Parents and my siblings. I would have to speak with my hands in order for them to understand me as I did this I would read it out loud for the others. We didn't have many books in our house we would borrow them from school to read at night time. I have always enjoyed reading about space and wildlife adventures. I would often dream of becoming an explorer one day but that was only one of my passions.
A new adventure became my dream of being a wife and Mother to my own children. As my children were growing up the day to day life of being able to enjoy watching them as they were making their wishes known to me. As my children have have all become adults themselves it was time for them to listen to their children's hopes and dreams of what they wanted to be when they grow up themselves.
My brightest star in my life right now is that I am the Grandmother of ten wonderful Grandchildren. To watch them play and frolic pretending to be some character or role model enlighten me that maybe I should write a book about living with the Deaf. My Mother thought I would do better with writing a children's book instead. She was right I had the most thrilling adventure I could wish for and for that I believe that all wishes still come true for all of us if we only believe in ourselves.