About
Why these stories exist — and who they are for.
Long before I ever shaped a story, I learned that a single moment can change the course of an entire life.
In 1976, tragedy struck my family — the kind that leaves questions no one can answer and wounds that never completely disappear. Life became divided into two parts: before, and after.
As the years passed, I watched people respond to pain in very different ways. Some were consumed by it. Some spent years running from it. Some buried it so deeply that no one around them knew it was there. And some discovered that the hardest battle was never the tragedy itself — it was what happened inside them afterward.
That lesson stayed with me. Over the years I became a husband, father, grandfather, foster parent, advocate, caregiver, and storyteller. I spent decades walking beside people facing grief, fear, trauma, loss, loneliness, addiction, disappointment, and questions that seemed to have no answers. And again and again, I noticed the same thing: most people are carrying far more than anyone realizes.
Why Unseen Truth exists
To tell stories where people are seen before they are corrected.
Those unseen battles became the foundation of these stories. The Unseen Truth series was born from a simple observation: the events that shape our lives are not always the ones happening around us. Often they are the choices, struggles, wounds, and questions hidden beneath the surface.
These stories follow ordinary people facing extraordinary pressure — people wrestling with loss, deception, isolation, fear, regret, and the search for something real in a world full of distractions and false promises. I am not drawn to perfect heroes. I am drawn to people who are tired. People who are searching. People who have lost their way and are trying to make sense of things that do not make sense — because most readers are not looking for a perfect character. They are looking for someone who understands.
For the youngest among us
The Smidge children’s books.
Alongside the Unseen Truth novels, there is also the Smidge series — inspired by my family, my grandchildren, and my real-life dog, Smidge. They come from another conviction formed over a lifetime with children and families: we cannot protect children from every storm they will face, but we can help prepare them. Through adventure, friendship, courage, kindness, and faith-filled values, the Smidge books are designed to help children build a foundation strong enough to weather what life will eventually bring.
Whether for children or adults, the purpose does not change. To remind people they are not alone. To remind them that pain does not have the final word. To remind them that even when hope feels distant, it is never completely gone — because some wounds are invisible, some battles are unseen, and sometimes the first step toward healing begins when we stop pretending we are carrying them alone.