Meet Ripley!

Meet Ripley, The Wonderdog; My new sidekick and soon to be classroom assistant. She's currently in training to accompany me to Author Visits. She's learning lots of lessons and getting a good feel of her purpose. Read more from Ripley in her own words:

"Every dog has a purpose and I am learning more about my purpose each day. This past weekend I went to St. Louis and walked past 9740 Stanley Avenue where Tracy grew up. We walked down the street to Hudson Elementary School. This is a picture of me in front of the door that she had to walk into each day when her dad was sick; each day after her dad died from cancer. She was only 6 years old. This is where the color left her world and she learned some hard realities of how big emotions can feel. This is also why I am here, because Tracy is all grown up now! The color is back most days and she loves to teach children the skills she learned to help make their Happy shine. We do all of this with a fun book series called, Emotion Belly Books. If you know of a child dealing with really big emotions, give us a call, and we will set you up with books and tools that can really help. If you are a teacher or counselor we would love to visit your school! Well, she would love to visit your school, I still have some work to do before I am ready for school visits. Thanks for being my friend and taking the time to learn about Emotion Belly Books!" - Ripley Schlepphorst

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