So, she’d wait for Adeline, in only the way Mama could.
Waiting for Adeline
Waiting for Adeline is about a young girl who struggles with language, and her family’s journey to connect with her. It is about softening to our loved ones when things get hard, meeting them where they are, and leaning into the reality of the moment.
*Adeline is rooted in truth, but lovingly crafted to share messages of growth, patience and understanding.
A note from the author on Waiting for Adeline:
One of my favorite authors for children is Margaret Wise Brown. She captivates her reader with cadence, building a visual and rhythmical world. But for my family, the best part is that we take her words and we use them. Every weather vain, no matter its shape, is “a golden flying horse,” and I think “goodnight light and the red balloon” with each and every full moon.
This is my hope for Adeline. I hope it will live in your heart, bring you some peace, and that its words will sit at the ready. I hope that "there’d better be blueberry muffins” for breakfast one morning, or that your raspberries end up on your fingertips. But then promise me you’ll write me and tell me about it. It’d make me so very happy to read it.
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I learned so much from Britt in our work together, and we built our first book together joyfully.
While I edited on and off, she added the beautiful details — the bunnies, wildflowers and butterflies — for our readers to crawl into bed with at night.
We all have hard seasons in our family’s lives; this book was inspired by one of ours.
I wanted to share what I had learned from our experience, and from talking with other families like ours.