Sue Scheff: Single Parenting with Ziggy!
What does Ziggy have in common with single parenting? Tom Wilson! Many people may wonder why a Parent Advocate would write about a cartoon character. Well, the cartoonist is not a cartoon character, he is very real and his memoir, Zig-Zagging , is a remarkable story of how Ziggy empowered Tom Wilson’s life and has given so much to people throughout the world. Afterall, who doesn’t know and love Ziggy ? Who can’t relate to some of Ziggy’s situations written in the comic strips? Last spring I picked up Zig-Zagging and was ready to read all about how Ziggy was created and what drives him. Instead, with the turn of each page, I realized that Tom Wilson is much more than Ziggy. Sure, Ziggy is the animated Icon character we all love, but Tom Wilson is the man that gives Ziggy life. What I didn’t know was how Ziggy gave Tom Wilson life. Tom Wilson’s father (Tom Wilson Sr.), the original creator of Ziggy, left him a legacy that he couldn’t ignore. From a young boy he would watch his father...