I have been asked how I came up with the characters in "The Portal to Forever".  Many of them were created from people and companion animals that have been special to me over the years.  Some are still living and others live on only in my heart.  The golden cat pictured on the Home Page of my website is the "real" Tigger who is a character in my book. I lost Tigger to cancer last year at the age of 15 but he will always have a treasured place in my heart and now in my book.