Why write

Did God make those Bananas? has probably been about ten years in the writing. At first I wanted to record, for my own children, some of the faith-building activities we had enjoyed when they were young. As I started writing I realised there were so many things I wanted to pass on to the next generation of parents – lessons we had learned, creative ideas, ways of enjoying the Bible, and fostering compassion in children.

The book really started to take shape about two years ago. Around that time I entered the Sudoku competition in a national newspaper. It was only the second time I had entered, but I was feeling rather pleased with myself for solving the puzzle. To my utter amazement I had a phone call the following day to say I had won a laptop! This has been a tremendous encouragement, and proved so useful for my writing. Sometimes I have felt that the idea of writing a whole book was an impossible dream and the idea went on the 'back burner'. Before long though I would find myself in conversation with the parent of a young child and, as we started talking, my enthusiasm for the book would return. I realised God was not going to let me put my pen, or indeed my laptop, down!

I am so very grateful to Lois and Nathan not just for giving me permission to write about their childhood days, but for positively encouraging me to tell our story as a family.