Stacie Spring, East Valley Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.
Most mornings, Kristi Grimm and her 9-year-old son, Dillon, go running together.
It's not your traditional run, since Grimm, a paraplegic from a horseback riding accident when she was 15, wheels along next to Dillon. It started as a way for Dillon, who has what his mother describes as severe ADHD, to burn some energy before starting his homeschooling lessons.
As walks around the blocks turned into mile-long runs, their time started to get boring, Grimm said.
"Mommy, tell me a story about a car," Dillon would say as they got started each morning. Sometimes it was a train or a horse.
As they wound their way through their Gilbert neighborhood, Grimm would make up stories to occupy their time and their minds. Dillon would interject with suggestions, plot twists, questions and additions.
And with his simple request, Dillon's stories have now become the inspiration for a children's book series by his parents: "Mommy, Tell Me a Story About ..." With Kristi writing in rhyme and husband Dave Grimm illustrating, the two have self-published two books this year.
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