Sparkle Stories Blog

...You might see a mom, dad and kids, or just a mom or just a dad with kids, you might see grandparents grand kids, or two moms or two dads. Whatever the way, there is no right or wrong, it's just what works for your family...

I bet at some point in your life you've heard some version of this piece of wisdom: "You have to love yourself before you can love someone else." The theme of this playlist is "self-love." What does that mean and what does it look like?

The stories I've gathered here all deal with boundaries: boundaries for puppies, boundaries between siblings, and boundaries between parents and children. I hope these give you all a better sense of what you need to thrive.

Separation and divorce are not things that anyone wants to think about when they enter into a union with another person. But people grow and change and sometimes their stories diverge and take different paths.

Happy New Year, Sparklers! This playlist is full of stories of ways to build a happy year. It's about fresh starts and building dreams. There is so much that can happen in a year, and we wish you lots of luck in building a new story.

This playlist is all about feeling joy. Joy, like gratitude, is something that can be found in many ways and by seeing the little things as well as the big. We've gathered up five different stories of how various Sparkle characters have found joy in their lives.

This week, we enter a new year and new decade. It's a pretty big beginning. Lots of new ideas, goals, and projects to be started or finished. This playlist is all about different kinds of new beginnings, from planning out a school year to new babies. We hope these stories bring your family some inspiration for this new year.

Advent is a powerful time. It is a time of waiting, patience, and quiet. It's also a time of transformation and looking inward. It's a powerful time when the year is coming to an end, the day are short and dark, and the natural world is moving into stillness.

The lantern walk symbolizes the process of bringing light to the darkest time of the year, be that literal light or metaphorical. It's a tale of compassion for those less fortunate and a tale of giving without expecting something in return.

The stories in this playlist are a mixture of different relationship models that show how partnership love can work.