LYNN – Special Education teacher Kathy Parker describes her love for writing as her invisible third child, named Creative, who occasionally tugs at her asking, “Hey, what about me? I need attention too!”Parker goes on to explain that while her time spent as a mother of two and a teacher at the Lynn Woods School is where her heart is, she also has a need to “feed the creative side of my brain.”In 2008 Parker began her other career as a writer. Her first book came about as a result of a conversation she had with her young son, Jake. The topic of the conversation? A freckle on his arm!But as they continued talking, Parker started wondering if this had the makings of a children?s book. Soon enough, Fred Freckle, the main character and title of her first book, was born. Parker wrote the story, but soon after discovered that getting the story turned into a published book with illustrations was not going to be easy.The 1992 Lynn English graduate – who continued her education at Bridgewater State College, double-majoring in special education and English; and then completed her formal education at Salem State with a Master?s Degree in English with a concentration in writing – soon learned that self advocating/promoting was going to become her way of life to get her story published.With the help of 21st century communication tools, good old-fashioned research and people skills Parker was able to partner with a successful small publisher called Mirror Publishing Co. in Milwaukee. Fred Freckle was published and available on Amazon.com and on the Barnes and Noble website by 2010.Soon after, Parker says, “that third child started looking for attention again,” and a conversation with her younger son, Aaron, 5 led to her second book. One night she had asked him to wash his hands before dinner. Aaron, who Parker refers to as “my little debater,” wanted to know why he had to wash his hands. Parker explained that it was important to wash to get rid of the germs, because they were not good. Shortly thereafter, “Germ Boy” was written and published.Parker is not sure what the future holds for her in the literary world. She continues to write, but says, “don?t force it and I go with the flow.”She has had an adult novel in the works for over a year and calls it a bit autobiographical.?I have no deadline for this book and if a children?s book comes to mind, I put this one aside and work on the other one for awhile. I seize the moment with my writing and I have to write quickly or the idea will disappear.”And so as teacher/author/mom Parker faces a busy summer of activities with her family, she is sure her writing will be thrown into the mix and she?ll find a way to set aside some special one on one time with her third child named Creative.