The real dogs behind the stories.
Long before they were characters, they were our best friends. Every dog in the Doodleheart series is real, right down to their name and their personality.
Ferris' superpower is noticing. A tender hearted thinker who feels every moment deeply and looks before he leaps. He sleeps on your feet while you work, his stuffed baby never far from his side.
Sailor really does wear a little pink bow, for about two minutes before she takes it out. She lives in a family of boys and is braver than all of them, and if you are sitting down, she is already in your lap.
Clyde is the smallest of the pack and the most methodical, a careful planner who thinks three steps ahead. He will guard a bowl of blueberries he does not even want, just to keep the others from having them.
Hank is the pack cannonball. The youngest, the first to try anything, the first to tumble, and the first to smile about it either way. He and Sailor are forever wrestling.
Twister was my aunt's absolute favorite, a wise and gentle soul who seemed to carry a quiet understanding no one had to teach him. He is the calm elder of the pack.
If you have spent any time with The Forever Mind Project, you already know its heart: the quiet magic of a good story, and the steady love of a good dog. Dogs meet us exactly where we are. They love us wholly and without conditions, they ask for nothing in return, and they brighten the most ordinary day. That is why the Doodleheart pack leads every book. A story can open a child's heart, and a dog can hold it, and together they make the hard feelings easier to carry and every day a little warmer.