The story behind the story
For years, Ali created stories for his children and watched their reactions become an honest kind of editorial guidance. Their laughter, curiosity, questions, and eagerness for one more story encouraged him to build a larger world with characters who make mistakes, recover, and keep going together.
“My children’s joy made me believe this story could belong to more families than ours.”
Why plans and imperfect moments matter
Ali wanted to share a simple idea without writing a lecture: life is not a contest to make every plan perfect. Planning matters because goals, responsibilities, and other people matter. Enjoying the journey matters too, especially when an unexpected moment becomes the part everyone remembers.
Ali Babaee writes about planning as a way to begin, not a way to control every outcome.
From illustrated book to a larger character world
The characters and visual language were developed with future storytelling in mind. Ali hopes the world can eventually grow through animation and short-form character stories while preserving the same personalities, themes, humor, and emotional center established in the book.
