Could My Illustration Serve a Greater Purpose?
For a long time, there has been a quiet thought at the back of my mind.
A small, almost unspoken wish that maybe one day, my illustration work could be connected to something deeper… something that has always been part of my life.
But I never quite knew if there was a place for it.
So I left it there, quietly.
A Part of My Life I Haven’t Shared Much
I realise this is not something I’ve spoken about much in my work before, but it has always been part of my life.
I was brought up in a Christian home, and today I teach Sunday school while raising my own children with that same foundation. It naturally shapes the way I approach parenting, the way I think about life, and the way I navigate both the joyful and the more uncertain moments.
For a long time, it stayed something personal, something I lived day to day, rather than something I expressed through my illustration work.
A Growing Realisation
In many ways, I think part of that hesitation came from not really seeing it reflected in the publishing spaces I was familiar with. Or perhaps not recognising it when it was there.
Recently, I’ve started to realise that these stories do exist. They are being written, published, and shared. There are publishers who focus on faith-based stories, and authors who are intentionally creating them.
And that has been eye-opening.
It made me step back and look at my work, and my future work, a little differently.
And to consider that this quiet desire I’ve carried for a long time might not just be personal… but also a direction I could follow professionally.
What Faith Means to Me
Faith, for me, has never been about having all the answers.
If anything, it has been the opposite.
It has been about learning to let go of that need to control everything, to understand everything, or to carry everything on my own.
It’s a place of trust.
A place where, even in uncertainty, there is the quiet reassurance that things are held. That there is guidance when the path isn’t clear. That there is care, even in the smallest, unseen moments.
And over time, that has shaped not only how I live, but how I see the world, and the kind of meaning I’m drawn to in stories.
As a Parent
As a parent, this takes on a whole new depth.
I often find myself coming back to prayer more than anything else. More than advice, more than methods, more than trying to find the “right way” to do things.
Just trusting God with my children.
Trusting Him with their lives, while also recognising that He has trusted me with them too.
And I think every parent feels that weight in some way. That desire to do right by the children we’ve been given.
For me, faith is where that weight softens.
Where it becomes less about getting everything right, and more about trusting that we are not alone in it.
Why Stories Matter So Much
Stories have always been one of the most powerful ways to pass something on.
They stay.
They travel with us.
They shape how we understand the world, often without us even realising it.
And when you think about it, storytelling is one of the oldest ways we’ve ever been taught. It runs through everything, including the Bible itself, where stories are used again and again to guide, to teach, and to reveal truth.
There is something timeless about that. Something that speaks to both children and adults in the same way.
And I love the idea that these kinds of stories can become roots. Quietly grounding a child. Giving them something steady to come back to later in life, when things feel uncertain or overwhelming.
A Direction I Want to Explore
I love what I do, and I feel incredibly grateful for the work I already get to be part of. It truly feels like a blessing. But I also feel a growing pull toward stories with faith, integrity, and heart.
Stories that offer comfort.
Stories that carry meaning.
Stories that point, in their own way, toward something greater than ourselves.
If you are writing a story like that, something meaningful, something lasting… I would truly love to help bring it to life!
Dearly, Kyria
