This is the book that is closest to my heart because it came directly from my own childhood.  My Grandma and Grandpa Crockett lived in Florida, but I lived in Iowa and only got to see them twice a year.  When it came time to go home after a visit, I was torn with grief.  I couldn’t bear the thought of leaving them.  Grandma taught me ways to handle this separation.  She told me that every night she would pray for me, and I could pray for her.  We would know each night as we snuggled in our beds that we were thinking of each other and loving each other. 

Through the years, Grandma gave me other gifts that helped me carry her in my heart.  She wrote stories for my sister, Sindy, and me.  She wrote the stories, drew the pictures, and bound them up with bright yarn.  Then she’d mail them to us, and on some golden days, some treasure days, we’d find the stories in the mailbox.  I still have those stories, and I consider them some of my finest treasures.  It is because of those stories, that I began to dream of becoming a children’s author.  Years and years later, as Kisses on the Wind becomes a book, the circle that started so long ago is completed.   

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I feel extremely blessed to be able to share Kisses on the Wind with others.  I hope it brings comfort and peace to people struggling with separation.  I hope it shows how to keep love alive and happy.  And so by doing that, Grandma’s lessons will continue on.  Grandma would have loved that.  She would have loved that a whole bunch.