About Hold My Hand, Mama

About Hold My Hand, Mama

About Hold My Hand, Mama

About Hold My Hand, Mama

About Hold My Hand, Mama

The mother-daughter moments illustrated throughout this book are timeless, and resonate with all women, whether you’re a daughter, a mother or a grandmother. From a child’s first steps to her mother’s last, the reader experiences the milestones that define motherhood to its tender core, and nothing brings me more joy than watching a reader feel all the feels. How it happened: While snuggling with my youngest, Colette, she laid her tiny hand on my chest and sweetly said, “Hold My Hand, Mama.” I kid you not it was like an alarm went off in my brain and I immediately thought to myself, “How many times throughout my daughters’ lives will they say those words?” In that very moment I knew that I had the title –and concept- for a children’s book. My motivation for pursuing this ‘divine assignment’ reached far beyond producing a children’s book. I wanted to create something for my children that had no expiration date; a literary journey that they could share with their children and future generations. I wanted my girls to see themselves in the pages, so much so that some of the illustrations in the book are derived from actual photographs of their’ ‘firsts.’ Read their story