For so many of us, Mother’s Day will be different this year. Families won’t be meeting together in their favorite restaurant to celebrate; churches won’t be handing out pretty bookmarks or potted daffodils to the moms in their congregations; there’ll be no extended family gatherings around dinner tables, and no trips out to visit Grandma.

But although much in our world is different this year, one thing remains the same- there is a universal WONDER surrounding motherhood, and an incomparable joy when we greet a new arrival in the family, whether through birth or adoption.

This is the joy and wonder that is captured through the pages of The Wonder That is You, the newly-released board book version of the popular picture book published last summer. .

It felt as if the world stood still

The day my dream came true.

And all creation paused to see

The wonder that is you.

Here’s some of my favorite illustrations from the book… Continue reading →