Insights
“Let me show you something important.” And if we’re wise enough to listen, we’ll realize what Karen R. Sullivan already knows:
Children aren’t just watching us—they’re hoping we’ll watch them back.
We all carry wagons, even if they’re invisible. What’s inside might look like rocks to others, but to us, they’re pieces of our story. What Karen R. Sullivan reminds us through Heather’s journey is simple but profound:
If we take the time to look inside each other’s wagons, we might just understand what’s really weighing us down—and how much lighter things feel when someone helps us pull.
Treasure it, not because it’s valuable in the world’s eyes, but because it’s valuable to them. Karen R. Sullivan’s The Blue Wagon reminds us that to honor a child’s treasure is to honor the child themselves. And sometimes, in doing so, we reconnect with the child we once were.
As the author shared, this book is for the adult inner child too. Because worry doesn’t start in adulthood—it often begins when we’re young, picking up rocks we didn’t know were heavy.
