When challenges come---and they always do---it's up to us to either allow it to destroy us or bring out the best in us. That is exactly what Toronto native Jewel Kats has done.
I was introduced to the author and disability advocate through Victor R. Volkman, the founder of Loving Healing Press and the publisher of several of her titles. Katz was involved in a car accident as a child that changed her life, but didn't take away her desire to change the world.
After reading a few of her titles I had the opportunity to interview her for Conversations LIVE, and it was an inspiring discussion that led me to this theme: nothing is impossible when you live life without impossibilities.
Jewel told me that it's been an amazing experience to have individuals read her work and get the messages she has included. "That's exactly what I wanted to do," she says.
She told me she didn't know she wanted to be a writer until her twenties, and after some changes in her personal life it was a conversation with her mother that set things in motion. "My mom asked what I wanted to do with my life," she recalls. "I told her I wanted to write books for children." The rest, as they say, is history.
Since then she has written books like Reena's Bollywood Dream: A Story about Sexual Abuse, Cinderella's Magical Wheelchair: An Empowering Fairy Tale and Teddy Bear Princess: A Story About Sharing and Caring: all of which are entertaining, yet provide important lessons for readers of all ages. Her newest book Snow White's Seven Patches: A Vitiligo Fairy Tale is full of the entertainment fans of the reader have come to expect as well as great messages that will have you sharing it with others.
Thanks to the internet, Jewel is able to reach individuals around the world, something that she doesn't take lightly. "You never think you can touch people through a keyboard and your thoughts," she told me. "It's so humbling to know you are making a difference through your words."
That difference she is making also comes from her personal love of the craft. "Writing is a burning desire," Jewel explained. "I can't go a day without writing. I'm constantly flooded with ideas. Writing is in my blood. It's what I do...what I want to do."
Because she has done so much I asked Jewel what advice she has for others when it comes to pursuing their goals and dreams. "We don't know what is going to happen tomorrow," she said, "so you have to make the most of today. Keep trying. Look inside yourself. If you have a dream then follow it."
If 2013 is any indication of what we can expect from Jewel I believe she is only just beginning to share her creativity and jest for life with the world. Make sure to stay in touch with everything Jewel at her website www.jewelkats.com.
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Review of Snow White's Seven Patches: A Vitiligo Fairy Tale
by Cyrus Webb
Once again author Jewel Kats has delivered a story that is entertaining and shares a powerful message. In SNOW WHITE'S SEVEN PATCHES we are introduced to a beautiful girl who was hidden away because of her Vitiligo. This also makes it easy for her to be taken advantage of by a woman that just happens to be her mother.
This book is an amazing example of individuals loving you for you and also how others can try to take advantage of a situation for their own benefit. For Snow White she was at the mercy of the woman she knew only as Ivy, however, it was during some alone time that she realized that her seven patches were something special.
Will Snow White have the chance to find happiness or will the evil Ivy try to destroy what makes her special?
SNOW WHITE'S SEVEN PATCHES is a great story of not just the power of words but the importance of loving yourself. It worked for Snow White, and it can work for anyone who believes they are able to do great things in the world.
Entertaining and full of lessons, SNOW WHITE'S SEVEN PATCHES is a great read for reader of all ages.
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