I consider myself to be an “idea” person. I hope this isn’t too gross to post here but I swear, years before the flushable wipe was in supermarkets, I thought of this idea. Years of using baby wipes to change “disgusting” little diapers for two children caused me to ponder why on God’s green earth adults used dry toilet paper! It would be like digging in the garden and then wiping your dirty hands off with a tissue; are you kidding me?? Okay, it’s not so much like that, it’s worse because you’re not digging in the garden . . . . . TMI, sorry.
I evidently acquired this gene from my father who was also an idea man. I grew up in Ohio with my two older sisters. Our dad invented the coolest riding mower that I’ve ever seen. Before these mowers could be bought commercially, one winter he decided to enclose the cab of his riding lawn mower, put a plow on the front and voila, it was a snow plow for the driveway. The enclosed cab allowed him to have either heat or A/C, depending upon the season. If it rained unexpectedly, he turned on the windshield wipers. Oh yes, and music too. It was very cool. I swear, we were the first to have this machine and I’m sure that it was his discovery. I also remember that on numerous occasions he would build some helpful device to assist my mother with a bothersome task in the kitchen. There were many other things as well, but you get the idea. I don’t believe that he ever did anything with his ideas or patented anything, but he was a very smart man. Unfortunately, his alcohol addiction got the best of him in the end.
At any rate, the point I’m trying to make here is that the idea of flushable wipes, the idea of The Grand Master/Little Master Series just popped into my head, but to do anything with it; to implement it; was an overwhelming thought. My excitement slowly turned into a burden because I had the attention of someone who worked for a NY Times bestselling author (Neale Donald Walsch), but not a clue what to do past that. It consumed my thoughts. I would lay in bed at night thinking about how to put this game idea in to manuscript form. Nothing came to mind, nothing. In my gut, I knew it was a good idea and I knew that it had benefits to both children and parents; I knew it. As a matter of fact, I can honestly say that I’ve never had a gut feeling so strong. One morning over 12 years ago, feeling frustrated and a bit resigned, I made a cup of coffee and decided to put “fingers to keyboard” of our new computer and try out this thing called Microsoft Word. Hopefully I’ll feel inspired . . . .
More to come,
Patricia
http://www.TheGrandfMasterLittleMasterSeries.com
