September 3, 2025 • 17 mins
Step into a world where the buzz of adventure meets heartwarming lessons as we explore Deirdre J Mitchell's enchanting children's book, The Adventures of Theresa and Matilda. Discover the profound messages intertwined with playful journeys and learn about the special inspiration behind Deirdre's storytelling. With additional titles under her belt, Deirdre's stories are a must-have for every child's bookshelf!
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Hey is Benji Cole, son of Alcohol from CBS Radio
and host of the syndicated talk show People of Distinction.
The talk gives you an in depth view of some
of the most dynamic, intelligent, and successful people on the planet.
Run to our website Alcohol Enterprises dot com for more info.
Email me through Benji at Alcohol Enterprises dot com if
you'd like to get involved with what we have going,
(00:30):
and as always, please continue to like and follow our broadcasts.
People of Distinction is internationally syndicated solely due to the
love and support that you all continue to give. We're
available across all major distributors, and as long as you
keep following, we're going to continue to put out the content. Now,
sit back and strap in, because on the line with
us today we have the impressive Deirdre J. Mitchell, and
(00:54):
we're gonna be discussing her incredible children's book, The Adventures
of Teresa and Matilda, two of the cutest bumble bees ever.
It's Amazon, it's Barnes and Noble Man, it's a lot
of other places, and I'm telling you this is one
your children are gonna love. Not only is it a
fantastic journey for them to embark upon. It's filled with
(01:15):
wonderful messages that they're gonna be able to take to
the bank. But in addition to this book, man check
it out, Deirdre has written three others. And that's three
others at this moment, hopefully a lot more on the horizon.
I'm gonna quickly list them for you at now so
you can head on over and pick them up. One
(01:35):
is entitled The Tale of the Secret Keys to Chateau
Freya on Shadow Lane, next The Thread, and lastly Buddies Glasses,
all of which Amazon, Barnes and Noble and a lot
of other places. Man check it out today and listen.
It is an absolute pleasure to a Deirdre here on
(01:56):
the line. Man, listen, I mentioned it. This book is
filled with a wonderful adventure for your kids. Okay, get
ready to step into a world where the buzz isn't
just background noise, it's the sound of adventure. See today,
we're diving into the blooming garden of an author and
(02:16):
grandmother who brings us the tale of Teresa and Matilda.
They just happen to be two bumblebees on a mission
to teach us about friendship honesty. Man just the power
of doing the right thing, which sounds so basic. Let oh,
my goodness, is it something that is just me? Or
(02:39):
is that in short supply right now? Because I look
around and I'm like, my goodness, there is a lot
of absence with these notions. This is more than just
a children's book, okay, It is a conversation starter for
the next generation. I'm telling you your children are gonna
love the journey they're gonna learn, and you, as parents,
(03:00):
are going to feel comfortable in what they are learning,
which is another thing as a parent myself, my goodness,
there are pitfalls everywhere. Sit back, strap in, and here
we go, Dedre. Welcome to people of distinction, and thank
you very much for being a guest. How are you
doing today?
Speaker 2 (03:20):
I'm awesome. Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
How are you, Dedre? I am fantastic, Okay, better than
I deserve. And listen, we're looking forward to this discussion.
I love what you've done here, wrapping such a profound
message in a playful, a playful journey here for our
children and for parents alike. So thank you for writing it.
Thank you even more for being here. Let's start at
(03:43):
the foundation here, Dedre tell us more about yourself.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
I'm a mother of an adult meal, a grandmother of
two beautiful granddaughters. I call them my grandgirls, and they
are actually the names of the two beads in the story.
I'm retired after four years with the Department of Children
and Family Services. I'm a part of a huge family
(04:10):
and I enjoy just writing for children and spending time
with them.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Fantastic Listen, Dedre, welcome again to this show. I love
the connection that the Bumblebees have to you and your
personal story with your grandchildren. And I want to go
a little further into inspiration next because listen, I know,
as you've mentioned, and of course through the researcher we've conducted,
New Orleans is your is your home right, So I'm
(04:37):
sure that has an influence. It's a city bursting with color,
with music, with life. I want to know, how did
the spirit of your city influence the world that you've built,
even if the setting isn't explicitly New Orleans.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Okay, First you have to think about the book and
the weather. Our weather is so crazy, it's always raining whatever,
beautiful but mostly rainy, wind blowing all over the place.
And so the book itself it's about the two bees
that was blown together in the cave of a tree,
(05:14):
and that's how they befriended each other, and then from
that point on they befriended the children. So with the
New Orleans feel of it, it was just basically the weather,
the fun. Everything is so fun and festive, and it's
just fun just thinking about the kids always having fun
and using imagination, and with New Orleans, it's definitely that.
(05:37):
So there's always something going on.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Absolutely. I visited once years ago and I would love
to go back. It was such a great time. It was,
like I mentioned, it was filled with so much life
and just an aura that I think is only captured
there at least in my experience in New Orleans. And
I've been around the world that I've explored a lot
of different places, but there's just something like that is unmatched.
(06:02):
Thank you for capturing that within the book. Without further ado,
tell us more about the adventures of Teresa and Matilda.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Okay, as I said the book itself, first, let me
say this, in my mind, I am Queen Bee, and
so when my oldest granddaughter was in the womb, your
friends always ask what are you going to have the kid,
call you or whatever, and I thought about it, and
I said, what about honey, And so I started out
just being Honey. So then when she was born, the
(06:32):
persone was born, she was named Reese. But because I'm
always over the top, always want to be so special,
I gave her my own name, which was Teresa, because
I wanted to be like that special person. And my
other granddaughter, her name is Madison, and I called her Matilda,
and both of them I called them those names from
(06:52):
the time they were born up until now nine and fourteen.
I realized and after I retired, I I realized that
I was downsizing and cleaning on my computer, and that's
when I found all of the books that I had
written over the years, because I have a bunch of them, actually,
and when I started reading over them, I realized that
(07:14):
my granddaughters were the only children in the family in
my immediate family that wasn't listed in any of the books.
So that's where Theresa and Matilda came along. So the
title was there before the story. And once I named
the book, then I took a couple of days and
wrote the stories and it was fun doing it, and
(07:35):
it was all about them.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Dida a great segue that you've established. Let's go into
some of that fun, right. What was the highlight for
you throughout this entire writing process, or, if not a highlight,
maybe something that surprised you that you weren't anticipating.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
I actually surprised myself because I always I have a
thing that I say all the time that reading enhances
as well as fuse dmage children while making them smile.
And I say that a lot, and so I always
associated imagination with children, their minds, and their playtime. But
as I was writing this particular story, I realized that
(08:14):
my imagination was as huge as theirs, and I found
so much joy in that. So that experience was awesome.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Free woman, to tell you again, this is a book
that you need to add to yourself once more. It's
entitled The Adventures of Teresa and Matilda, two of the
cutest bumblebees ever. It's Amazon, it's Barnes and Noble. Remember
there are three other books as of this moment, and
hopefully a lot more. Make sure to pick them all
up today, because you're just gonna want to embark upon it. Man,
(08:44):
there's something incredible about this book, The Adventures of Teresa
and Matilda. That is very gratifying in a way. And
this is going to connect to my next question here, Deirdre,
because I love what you've done a again, fun has
the educational undertones, but I do think that there is
something to be said about the world that we currently
(09:06):
are in. Then it's unavoidable, right because we know that
children are often engaged with digital screens, cell phones, televisions, computers,
whatever the case may be, and it is dominating the world.
You can't completely restrict children from those screens because the
world that we are in in moving towards, is going
(09:27):
to continue to be dominated by them. So we need
them to be equipped to understand the technology, but you
also want to be able to give them a simpler path,
much like I was in so many of my family
members growing up, where we didn't have those screens. We
were outside, man, we were running around, we were playing, and
we were able to be children. So it's a there's
(09:51):
a duality here that is difficult to balance, but I
want to now pose it to you because, as I mentioned,
in a world that is dominated by those digital screens,
Teresa and Matilda, their adventures are in the natural world,
and in a way it almost serves as an invitation
back to the kind of play that happens outdoors, right,
(10:14):
and that again, that childlike abandonment, that is just much simpler. Digit.
When you were creating this story, was that something you
had in mind during its construction?
Speaker 2 (10:24):
I think I would have to say I did, mainly
because of the two bumblebees, and because when I think
about fun, I know kids have fun, like you said,
on the computers and everything, but being outside and running
and just laughing, playing with balls and just all that
kind of stuff, it's really fun for them. And I
(10:45):
think they've gotten away from it so much that, yeah,
they need to re engage.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
In that digit. The story mentions the characters and how
they learn to handle adversity together without giving too much away,
Can you share an example of the kind of problems
that Teresa and Matilda face in the book?
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Okay, there was one point where the kids had an
accident and the beads they decided that they were going
to protect the children, so they were doing their thing
buzzing around, and it almost caused the confusion between an
adult and the beads. The children had to step in
(11:28):
and straighten everything out of it, and everything turned out fine.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Well, that's a good message for the parents out there.
Sometimes you gotta listen to the kids, man. I know
we always feel like we got all the answers. Sometimes
the kids know you gotta let them lead from side
to side. That's my final question here for you didre
your book and really a lot of children's books, right,
there's always that difficult dichotomy. There's there that difficult balance
(11:57):
between making it entertaining but also capturing some form of education.
But the difficult balance is, of course, with that education,
you don't want it to come across as preachy. How
did you manage to balance the important lessons about honesty
and responsibility with the need to keep the story fun, adventurous,
(12:19):
and really engaging for younger minds.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
I think I associated it with my son, who was
forty two. When he was growing up, I always had
the house where everybody came and played around and wanted
to spend the night, and I was always the parent
that as long as they were respectful, they had a voice,
because I believe that children are resilient, and I would
listen to them, and even though they would tell stories
(12:43):
that was incorrect or whatever, I would just let them
speak in and have their say. So it was more
like I realized that in children, if you give them
a chance to express themselves and let them know that
if they do express themselves in an that we may
not agree with, but as long as they tell the
truth and be honest about things and take responsibility, they'll
(13:06):
do okay and they'll be fine. And I think over
the time of raising my son, the guys today they
are men forty forty to forty three years old, and
they to this day will say, oh, I loved you.
I loved you so much, and you did this for
us and you made us feel this way, and that
does everything for me. Yeah, I just believe that kids
are resilient. So I always want them to know that
(13:29):
they have a voice. And I think more parents should
be that way. And I always preach you preachy, and
you can't say this, and you can't say that, because
kids should be able to voice how they feel and
let people know what's hurting them or what makes them happy.
Because when you do that, they learn a little better,
a little more, and their confidence is built.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
Listen, there is so much wisdom in the words that
you just said. People. What a great way to close
out of the interview man, because that's such a powerful
message for all of my parents out there listening in
and listen, I get it. And it's not so easy.
It's not so black a white sometimes right, sometimes it's
very difficult to give way to the children who allow
(14:10):
them to have that freedom. But it's so key and
it's interesting theater that you bring that up is because
my wife and I were just having a conversation about
this recently. Our children are very young, so we're still
very early on in this parenting journey. But one thing
that I can say, and that I'm so listen. Everybody
travels along their own path. So this is not to
(14:31):
cast any aspersions on anyone else, but I understand that
from my wife and I. We had our children much later.
We were both in our late thirties when we embarked
upon that journey, and as parents now dealing with a toddler,
oh my goodness, I'll tell you I would not have
had the patience to go through. And it is astonishing
(14:56):
to me every single day working with our children, and
how much like toddlers are not for the week man.
They will put you through some things, they will stretch
you out as far as you can go. And again,
everybody's different, everybody has their own experiences, and you're talking
about allowing your children to have that safe place and
(15:20):
it's difficult at times, but it's so incredibly important and people,
it aligns with this book magnificently. I'm telling you, I'm
gonna say it one last time. Remember it's Amazon, it's
Barnes and Noble. In addition to the Adventures of Teresa
and Matilda, check out the other three that Deirdre has
written as well, The Tale of the Secret Keys to
(15:40):
Chateau Frea on Shadow Lane, The Thread, and lastly Buddies Glasses.
They're all incredible books for you to get for your
children and embark upon the journeys with them. And as
we close out, like I think, the most important thing,
and there's been so many gems that we've discussed here today,
but a simple message, or a powerful message wrapped in
(16:03):
a very simple disguise is listen, you're following bees in children,
but they're figuring out how to lift each other up together.
And I think that's a powerful reminder that our challenges
are lighter when we don't face them alone. This book
is it's an invitation man to build that kind of world,
(16:25):
starting right in our own backyards, but hopefully spreading out
to a much larger space. It starts with this book. People,
head on over there and pick it up. DeAndre, this
has been a phenomenal conversation, and I just want to
thank you very much for writing the book, but even
more so for being here with us to discuss it
all through people of Distinction.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Thank you so much. I appreciate you guys, and I
enjoyed being and it makes me feel so special.
Hey is Benji Cole, son of Alcohol from CBS Radio
and host of the syndicated talk show People of Distinction.
The talk gives you an in depth view of some
of the most dynamic, intelligent, and successful people on the planet.
Run to our website Alcohol Enterprises dot com for more info.
Email me through Benji at Alcohol Enterprises dot com if
you'd like to get involved with what we have going,
(00:30):
and as always, please continue to like and follow our broadcasts.
People of Distinction is internationally syndicated solely due to the
love and support that you all continue to give. We're
available across all major distributors, and as long as you
keep following, we're going to continue to put out the content. Now,
sit back and strap in, because on the line with
us today we have the impressive Deirdre J. Mitchell, and
(00:54):
we're gonna be discussing her incredible children's book, The Adventures
of Teresa and Matilda, two of the cutest bumble bees ever.
It's Amazon, it's Barnes and Noble Man, it's a lot
of other places, and I'm telling you this is one
your children are gonna love. Not only is it a
fantastic journey for them to embark upon. It's filled with
(01:15):
wonderful messages that they're gonna be able to take to
the bank. But in addition to this book, man check
it out, Deirdre has written three others. And that's three
others at this moment, hopefully a lot more on the horizon.
I'm gonna quickly list them for you at now so
you can head on over and pick them up. One
(01:35):
is entitled The Tale of the Secret Keys to Chateau
Freya on Shadow Lane, next The Thread, and lastly Buddies Glasses,
all of which Amazon, Barnes and Noble and a lot
of other places. Man check it out today and listen.
It is an absolute pleasure to a Deirdre here on
(01:56):
the line. Man, listen, I mentioned it. This book is
filled with a wonderful adventure for your kids. Okay, get
ready to step into a world where the buzz isn't
just background noise, it's the sound of adventure. See today,
we're diving into the blooming garden of an author and
(02:16):
grandmother who brings us the tale of Teresa and Matilda.
They just happen to be two bumblebees on a mission
to teach us about friendship honesty. Man just the power
of doing the right thing, which sounds so basic. Let oh,
my goodness, is it something that is just me? Or
(02:39):
is that in short supply right now? Because I look
around and I'm like, my goodness, there is a lot
of absence with these notions. This is more than just
a children's book, okay, It is a conversation starter for
the next generation. I'm telling you your children are gonna
love the journey they're gonna learn, and you, as parents,
(03:00):
are going to feel comfortable in what they are learning,
which is another thing as a parent myself, my goodness,
there are pitfalls everywhere. Sit back, strap in, and here
we go, Dedre. Welcome to people of distinction, and thank
you very much for being a guest. How are you
doing today?
Speaker 2 (03:20):
I'm awesome. Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
How are you, Dedre? I am fantastic, Okay, better than
I deserve. And listen, we're looking forward to this discussion.
I love what you've done here, wrapping such a profound
message in a playful, a playful journey here for our
children and for parents alike. So thank you for writing it.
Thank you even more for being here. Let's start at
(03:43):
the foundation here, Dedre tell us more about yourself.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
I'm a mother of an adult meal, a grandmother of
two beautiful granddaughters. I call them my grandgirls, and they
are actually the names of the two beads in the story.
I'm retired after four years with the Department of Children
and Family Services. I'm a part of a huge family
(04:10):
and I enjoy just writing for children and spending time
with them.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Fantastic Listen, Dedre, welcome again to this show. I love
the connection that the Bumblebees have to you and your
personal story with your grandchildren. And I want to go
a little further into inspiration next because listen, I know,
as you've mentioned, and of course through the researcher we've conducted,
New Orleans is your is your home right, So I'm
(04:37):
sure that has an influence. It's a city bursting with color,
with music, with life. I want to know, how did
the spirit of your city influence the world that you've built,
even if the setting isn't explicitly New Orleans.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Okay, First you have to think about the book and
the weather. Our weather is so crazy, it's always raining whatever,
beautiful but mostly rainy, wind blowing all over the place.
And so the book itself it's about the two bees
that was blown together in the cave of a tree,
(05:14):
and that's how they befriended each other, and then from
that point on they befriended the children. So with the
New Orleans feel of it, it was just basically the weather,
the fun. Everything is so fun and festive, and it's
just fun just thinking about the kids always having fun
and using imagination, and with New Orleans, it's definitely that.
(05:37):
So there's always something going on.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Absolutely. I visited once years ago and I would love
to go back. It was such a great time. It was,
like I mentioned, it was filled with so much life
and just an aura that I think is only captured
there at least in my experience in New Orleans. And
I've been around the world that I've explored a lot
of different places, but there's just something like that is unmatched.
(06:02):
Thank you for capturing that within the book. Without further ado,
tell us more about the adventures of Teresa and Matilda.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Okay, as I said the book itself, first, let me
say this, in my mind, I am Queen Bee, and
so when my oldest granddaughter was in the womb, your
friends always ask what are you going to have the kid,
call you or whatever, and I thought about it, and
I said, what about honey, And so I started out
just being Honey. So then when she was born, the
(06:32):
persone was born, she was named Reese. But because I'm
always over the top, always want to be so special,
I gave her my own name, which was Teresa, because
I wanted to be like that special person. And my
other granddaughter, her name is Madison, and I called her Matilda,
and both of them I called them those names from
(06:52):
the time they were born up until now nine and fourteen.
I realized and after I retired, I I realized that
I was downsizing and cleaning on my computer, and that's
when I found all of the books that I had
written over the years, because I have a bunch of them, actually,
and when I started reading over them, I realized that
(07:14):
my granddaughters were the only children in the family in
my immediate family that wasn't listed in any of the books.
So that's where Theresa and Matilda came along. So the
title was there before the story. And once I named
the book, then I took a couple of days and
wrote the stories and it was fun doing it, and
(07:35):
it was all about them.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Dida a great segue that you've established. Let's go into
some of that fun, right. What was the highlight for
you throughout this entire writing process, or, if not a highlight,
maybe something that surprised you that you weren't anticipating.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
I actually surprised myself because I always I have a
thing that I say all the time that reading enhances
as well as fuse dmage children while making them smile.
And I say that a lot, and so I always
associated imagination with children, their minds, and their playtime. But
as I was writing this particular story, I realized that
(08:14):
my imagination was as huge as theirs, and I found
so much joy in that. So that experience was awesome.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
Free woman, to tell you again, this is a book
that you need to add to yourself once more. It's
entitled The Adventures of Teresa and Matilda, two of the
cutest bumblebees ever. It's Amazon, it's Barnes and Noble. Remember
there are three other books as of this moment, and
hopefully a lot more. Make sure to pick them all
up today, because you're just gonna want to embark upon it. Man,
(08:44):
there's something incredible about this book, The Adventures of Teresa
and Matilda. That is very gratifying in a way. And
this is going to connect to my next question here, Deirdre,
because I love what you've done a again, fun has
the educational undertones, but I do think that there is
something to be said about the world that we currently
(09:06):
are in. Then it's unavoidable, right because we know that
children are often engaged with digital screens, cell phones, televisions, computers,
whatever the case may be, and it is dominating the world.
You can't completely restrict children from those screens because the
world that we are in in moving towards, is going
(09:27):
to continue to be dominated by them. So we need
them to be equipped to understand the technology, but you
also want to be able to give them a simpler path,
much like I was in so many of my family
members growing up, where we didn't have those screens. We
were outside, man, we were running around, we were playing, and
we were able to be children. So it's a there's
(09:51):
a duality here that is difficult to balance, but I
want to now pose it to you because, as I mentioned,
in a world that is dominated by those digital screens,
Teresa and Matilda, their adventures are in the natural world,
and in a way it almost serves as an invitation
back to the kind of play that happens outdoors, right,
(10:14):
and that again, that childlike abandonment, that is just much simpler. Digit.
When you were creating this story, was that something you
had in mind during its construction?
Speaker 2 (10:24):
I think I would have to say I did, mainly
because of the two bumblebees, and because when I think
about fun, I know kids have fun, like you said,
on the computers and everything, but being outside and running
and just laughing, playing with balls and just all that
kind of stuff, it's really fun for them. And I
(10:45):
think they've gotten away from it so much that, yeah,
they need to re engage.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
In that digit. The story mentions the characters and how
they learn to handle adversity together without giving too much away,
Can you share an example of the kind of problems
that Teresa and Matilda face in the book?
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Okay, there was one point where the kids had an
accident and the beads they decided that they were going
to protect the children, so they were doing their thing
buzzing around, and it almost caused the confusion between an
adult and the beads. The children had to step in
(11:28):
and straighten everything out of it, and everything turned out fine.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Well, that's a good message for the parents out there.
Sometimes you gotta listen to the kids, man. I know
we always feel like we got all the answers. Sometimes
the kids know you gotta let them lead from side
to side. That's my final question here for you didre
your book and really a lot of children's books, right,
there's always that difficult dichotomy. There's there that difficult balance
(11:57):
between making it entertaining but also capturing some form of education.
But the difficult balance is, of course, with that education,
you don't want it to come across as preachy. How
did you manage to balance the important lessons about honesty
and responsibility with the need to keep the story fun, adventurous,
(12:19):
and really engaging for younger minds.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
I think I associated it with my son, who was
forty two. When he was growing up, I always had
the house where everybody came and played around and wanted
to spend the night, and I was always the parent
that as long as they were respectful, they had a voice,
because I believe that children are resilient, and I would
listen to them, and even though they would tell stories
(12:43):
that was incorrect or whatever, I would just let them
speak in and have their say. So it was more
like I realized that in children, if you give them
a chance to express themselves and let them know that
if they do express themselves in an that we may
not agree with, but as long as they tell the
truth and be honest about things and take responsibility, they'll
(13:06):
do okay and they'll be fine. And I think over
the time of raising my son, the guys today they
are men forty forty to forty three years old, and
they to this day will say, oh, I loved you.
I loved you so much, and you did this for
us and you made us feel this way, and that
does everything for me. Yeah, I just believe that kids
are resilient. So I always want them to know that
(13:29):
they have a voice. And I think more parents should
be that way. And I always preach you preachy, and
you can't say this, and you can't say that, because
kids should be able to voice how they feel and
let people know what's hurting them or what makes them happy.
Because when you do that, they learn a little better,
a little more, and their confidence is built.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
Listen, there is so much wisdom in the words that
you just said. People. What a great way to close
out of the interview man, because that's such a powerful
message for all of my parents out there listening in
and listen, I get it. And it's not so easy.
It's not so black a white sometimes right, sometimes it's
very difficult to give way to the children who allow
(14:10):
them to have that freedom. But it's so key and
it's interesting theater that you bring that up is because
my wife and I were just having a conversation about
this recently. Our children are very young, so we're still
very early on in this parenting journey. But one thing
that I can say, and that I'm so listen. Everybody
travels along their own path. So this is not to
(14:31):
cast any aspersions on anyone else, but I understand that
from my wife and I. We had our children much later.
We were both in our late thirties when we embarked
upon that journey, and as parents now dealing with a toddler,
oh my goodness, I'll tell you I would not have
had the patience to go through. And it is astonishing
(14:56):
to me every single day working with our children, and
how much like toddlers are not for the week man.
They will put you through some things, they will stretch
you out as far as you can go. And again,
everybody's different, everybody has their own experiences, and you're talking
about allowing your children to have that safe place and
(15:20):
it's difficult at times, but it's so incredibly important and people,
it aligns with this book magnificently. I'm telling you, I'm
gonna say it one last time. Remember it's Amazon, it's
Barnes and Noble. In addition to the Adventures of Teresa
and Matilda, check out the other three that Deirdre has
written as well, The Tale of the Secret Keys to
(15:40):
Chateau Frea on Shadow Lane, The Thread, and lastly Buddies Glasses.
They're all incredible books for you to get for your
children and embark upon the journeys with them. And as
we close out, like I think, the most important thing,
and there's been so many gems that we've discussed here today,
but a simple message, or a powerful message wrapped in
(16:03):
a very simple disguise is listen, you're following bees in children,
but they're figuring out how to lift each other up together.
And I think that's a powerful reminder that our challenges
are lighter when we don't face them alone. This book
is it's an invitation man to build that kind of world,
(16:25):
starting right in our own backyards, but hopefully spreading out
to a much larger space. It starts with this book. People,
head on over there and pick it up. DeAndre, this
has been a phenomenal conversation, and I just want to
thank you very much for writing the book, but even
more so for being here with us to discuss it
all through people of Distinction.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Thank you so much. I appreciate you guys, and I
enjoyed being and it makes me feel so special.
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