Hi, I'm David.
For 13 years I worked as a medical device rep in operating rooms, in trauma, sports medicine and spine, and later managing a team. I've spent a lot of my life learning how to listen to people under pressure.
But the best job I ever had wasn't in an OR. It was volunteering with Special Olympics. That's where I learned that everyone has something to say, and that the people who love us most just need a way in.
At home I noticed the same thing. Ask a kid "How was your day?" and you get "fine." Hand them a page with one good question and a pen, and something different comes back.
So we started writing to each other. One prompt at a time, passed back and forth. That became Dear Dad, Love Me and Dear Mom, Love Me, written with my family. Then came Your Turn, My Love for couples, and In My Own Way for kids who communicate differently, because every way of talking is worth writing down.
Every journal comes three ways: printed, as a printable PDF, or as an Online Shared Journal for families who live in two homes.
I hope yours ends up as the book you'd grab first.
David
Back n Forth Journal