STORIES FROM THE MOUNTAIN OF LIFE
Sparkly's Mountain Tales
Warm, thoughtful stories for adults about mistakes, relationships, courage, resilience, hope, meaning, and the small choices that help us find our next true step.
Life’s deepest lessons do not always arrive as instructions. Sometimes they arrive through a worried chamois (mountain goat), a wise marmot, a broken rope—or one marshmallow experiment too many.
Join Sparkly, Alma, Pesky, Auri, and their companions on the Mountain of Life. Each tale offers a little distance, a little humor, and a different way of seeing familiar human experiences.
Start With These Mountain Tales
If you are new to the mountain, these three stories are a good place to begin.
When the Rope Broke - but the Mountain Didn’t
The Borrowed Mountain - This Wasn’t My Expedition
Stories for Adults Who Are Still Climbing
These are not children’s stories, and they do not reduce complicated lives to one tidy moral. Through the gentle distance of imagination, they explore experiences that can sometimes be difficult to name directly.
On the mountain, you may encounter:
- Mistakes that become information instead of verdicts
- Boundaries that protect kindness rather than end it
- Courage when the rope breaks or the route changes
- The difference between your mountain and someone else’s expedition
- Resilience, hope, meaning, and the next true step
Take what speaks to you. Leave what does not. The mountain belongs to you.
More Sparkly’s Mountain Tales...
New tales and reflections from the Mountain of Life will appear here as they are published.
Meet the Mountain Companions
The mountain looks different through every pair of eyes.
Sparkly
A curious Alpine marmot with a glowing tail, a hopeful heart, and a tendency to learn some lessons through experience.
Alma
Sparkly’s wise and practical mountain partner, known for clear thinking, quiet strength, and the occasional perfectly timed observation.
Pesky
A lovable Alpine chamois (mountain goat) with quick hooves, a good heart, and feelings that sometimes reach the trail before his thoughts do.
Auri
A golden eagle who offers a wider view when the path feels confusing or the next step is difficult to see.
