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Things sometimes pop up that need tending to. This is one of those summers.
As kids, we would make homemade popsicles and drink orange Crush pop in summers gone by. Our American cousins would tease us about drinking sodas, but we used our mom’s Tupperware, mixed the Koolaide with water and created our own popsicles anxiously awaiting the frozen treats. Sometimes we used to buy the packaged orange, purple and pink ones as well and try to divide them down the middle to share with our siblings. When we camped, we’d pop our popcorn over the fire and we’d listen to Pop music any time of the day. Relatives also used to pop in for a visit - some announced and some not. And grandpa or Pops would tease us about how much we had grown and popped up in height. Today, there are pop up shops and occasionally people pop by to see me. And so you might be wondering: What popped up?
And here’s where it all began 28 years ago….. it’s the backstory. Teach your children they’re unique. That way, they won’t feel pressured to be like everybody else. Cindy Cashman
After I had picked up my son, Tyrone from kindergarten one day, he told me that he was sad. When I asked him why, he said that they had been reading a story about a dinosaur named Tyrone the Terrible (https://www.amazon.ca/Tyrone-Horrible-Hans-Wilhelm/dp/0590414720) and he was getting teased. Being a mamma bear, I immediately jumped into defense mode and an idea popped into my head. I would solve the problem by writing a book about how terrific he was, not how terrible they thought he was. I commissioned a friend’s son to dabble with graphics using the original Mac and create a storyboard based on my stanza story. That was then.
Now fast forward to 2019 pre-COVID days when I am retired and retrieved my original story from my archived folder. A friend wanted an art project for her daughter and thus the story came alive again with new technology and the gift of a talented artist when she agreed to create characters for my story. And here we are 2021 and the project is complete and ready to be printed and published!
I am excited about this project that is over a quarter of a century in the making! In honor of children, I would like to donate $5 of the $15 I am charging for the book, to a daycare, dayhome and kindergarten to purchase other books in support of children’s authors. Tyrone the Terrific will be available on my website: www.lorriemorales.com as well as various stores in High River and area. Stay tuned for an eye-popping book to purchase for your child, grandchildren, friends and family before the end of the summer.
Even when I am old and gray,
do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power to the next generation,
your mighty acts to all who are to come. Psalm 71:18