Hi, I'm Brittany!

In 2018, I wrote my first children's story, inspired by my paternal grandfather—an immigrant from Zacatecas, Mexico, who came to the United States with determination to work hard, hope, and a dream of building a better life. I poured my heart into that story, spending days carefully crafting every page because I wanted it to be an authentic reflection of the man I admired so deeply.

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When I finished the first draft, I shared it with my family and with my grandfather. My aunt and I tried translating it into Spanish so he could understand it, but we quickly realized that the rhythm, rhyme, and emotion didn't translate the way we had hoped. I told him I would keep working on it and I would give him a version he could fully understand. He was so excited.​ But life got busy. Unsure of what to do with the story, I closed my laptop and never opened the file again.

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Two years later, in 2020, our family received devastating news. My maternal grandmother was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer. It came as a complete shock. She looked healthy, yet the cancer had already progressed so far that doctors told us she had only six months to live. We never got those six months.​ From the day she was diagnosed until the day she passed, only two months had gone by. One day she was here, and the next she was gone.

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During those months, sleep became impossible. Night after night, I would toss and turn, wishing it was all just a bad dream. Every memory of my grandmother replayed in my mind—the good moments, the difficult ones, the silly ones, and the ordinary conversations that suddenly became priceless. I had never experienced a pain so deeply.​ You can sympathize with someone else's loss, but until it happens to someone you love, it's impossible to understand how completely grief can consume you.​

 

During those sleepless nights, words began coming to me. Rhymes. Memories. Pieces of a story that captured who my grandmother was. I would wake up in the middle of the night just to write them down. Eventually, those notes became another children's story—this one written in her honor.​ Once again, I shared it with my family.​ And once again, unsure of what to do next, I closed my laptop and left it there.

 

​Then, in 2022, history repeated itself.​ My paternal grandfather woke up one morning feeling unwell. He had suffered a stroke. He was in the hospital. One day we were given hope, and the next we were told the outcome was uncertain. After several days, the doctors prepared us for the possibility that he didn't have much time left.​

 

He had overcome so much throughout his life, so I kept believing he would overcome this too.​ All I could think was, "How is this happening again?"​ He passed away a few days after the stroke. The day never came when I was able to share my finished story with him.

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I let years pass by, then in late 2025, I finally opened my old computer and searched for the stories I had written about both of my grandparents. Reading them again reminded me why I had written them in the first place—not simply to tell stories, but to preserve the people who shaped my life.​ I didn't have every step of the journey planned, but I knew this: I wanted to finish these books. I wanted to honor their lives, their sacrifices, and the legacy they left behind.

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Watching someone you love be here one day and gone the next changes you. It reminds you that life is fragile, time is precious, and tomorrow is never promised. These books are more than children's stories. They are my way to honor the village that raised me.

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It is currently July 2026. As I continue healing, I've realized that writing has become part of my grief. These characters will never replace my grandparents, but through them I can keep their memories alive and share the lessons they taught me with future generations.​​

 

For years, these stories remained tucked away on my computer, shared only with my family. Now, I'm ready to share them with the world in hopes that they bring comfort and spark meaningful conversations between parents and children.​​ I am currently working on completing my next story. Stay tuned for my next children's book, "Poor Little Rich Man Who Lives on 16th."