As I write this article about myself, the very first question I have to ask is whether it should be in first person or third person. Since I don’t have a team and am doing all the work, I’ll use first person.
I started writing children’s books in January of 2026. I wasn’t planning on doing it. I just felt the inspiration hit me. I had recently introduced Shawn into Theodore’s room. Yes, Theodore and Shawn are my very real and very furry rabbits. They live in a bedroom in my house. When I adopted Shawn, he lived downstairs in a hutch for a couple of weeks just to get used to his new home. Then the big day came when he moved in with Theodore.
They sniffed and chased each other around the room as they got to know each other, but there was always some tension. They still didn’t really know each other and weren’t sure if they liked each other.
Then came a very large and very noisy bunny fight. I witnessed part of it when both rabbits—who are very small, by the way—jumped three feet in the air and kicked at each other. After the fight was over (I’m pretty sure it was a draw), there was fur everywhere, which became my job to clean up. Theodore and Shawn have been best friends ever since.
That moment became the inspiration for the stories. If two rabbits can get into a huge fight and come out best friends, why not people? It reminded me how easy it is to give up and walk away from others. Relationships are treated as disposable, and they shouldn’t be.
So, I started writing. The first book I wrote was Case of the Missing Carrots. The purpose and the world and the characters just flowed out. Theodore and Shawn became a wonderful duo to explore their world together, to grow, and to show how to handle the toughest situations.
As I completed this first book, including the illustrations, it dawned on me that maybe Theodore and Shawn should be teaching the classic life lessons we all need to hear—lessons that are getting lost in the noise of the modern world. These lessons come from the ancient wisdom recorded in the Bible and are lived out by two very cute rabbits talking to children (and maybe adults) who were never taught how to face the challenges life throws at us.
Join Theodore, Shawn, and me as we explore the world of Hopper Junction and discover what it truly means to be friends.
Sarod
