Grandma's Seagull Story

I work as a registered nurse at St Paul's hospital. I have 3 grandchildren ages 7 , 4 and 1. I have had this desire to write a book about my journey to Canada. The book would have been about the struggles of my life in South African and how I ended up in Canada. This would have been like opening a can of worms and I had mixed feeling about going back in time. Then it struck me, instead of writing a sad story, why not write something simple , light and easy. The world as I know it is filled with so many sad tales and I would like to focus on the "now" and future. We are surrounded with so much beautify and many of us (myself included) don't have time to stop and look around!

My grand daughters inspired me to write this story. When they visit with me , I would take out the paint and we would paint for hours. I told about the seagulls on the roof and one of them even painted a seagull. I did not provide too much details about the seagulls progress because since it's a children's book I found that my grand daughters attention was very short, but when we made up stories that involved them , I had their attention for a longer periods.