Friday's Kind Words: Sparkle Stories Worked to Soothe and Calm
You'll never know how much our family has appreciated your gentle stories over the years. My son (now almost nine) began having night terrors when he was three-and-a-half years old. Our family had no rest during this time of extremely high anxiety and sleeplessness which often lasted for months at a time. During this struggle, we were gifted a brief three-month subscription in an attempt at distracting Patrick from his bedtime anxiety, and after realizing how well our nightly ritual of Sparkle Stories worked to soothe and calm him, we decided to continue the subscription on our own after that three-month subscription ended. We've continued to listen to your stories regularly over all these years, and have suggested Sparkle Stories subscriptions to many of our friends with children going through periods of anxiety.
My son and his sister (age seven) have grown up with Martin and Sylvia and feel almost as if the stories are about themselves. I'll admit, I've even taken parenting cues from Momma in an effort to maintain peace and solemnity in our home, which can be challenging as we homeschool and work through many issues together. The characters you have written are role models for us all.
~ The Pelletier Family
