It Started With a Prince: Fae Tales

Hi my name is Debs Goddard and I have been painting and illustrating for over 30 years now.I have wanted to write for as long as I can remember and would write short stories and poetry for my own and my children’s entertainment. I met my husband Ian when I was nineteen. Ian asked me to marry him the morning of the third day after we’d met and I said yes. We were married eight months later. I was diagnosed with cancer for my 23rd birthday and again at my 39th birthday. In between this time, we managed to have three lovely children that I treasure. From the time I had cancer at 23 my husband, who was working as a nurse then, looked after me and became a dad who did everything. He cooked, cleaned, and worked very hard keeping our family together. I was in acute pain and he was the best husband I could have had. He went back to school during this time then, to university to become a teacher, and studied for four years to achieve this aim thinking it would provide a better future for our family. In the next ten years, I was in and out of hospital getting surgery twice a year, but sometimes ending up in hospital five or six times a year. No matter what happened, Ian was there for us. I had never dreamed of having a support like Ian, especially as sometimes he had to work during the day as well as at night while still being the house hubby we needed. I had worked as a commission artist while Ian was looking after us. I am an artist and I wanted to illustrate my stories; I always wanted to write and to put two things I am passionate about together to be able to achieve what I have always wanted to do my whole life. I hope you enjoy my stories.