We moved out to the country four months prior to the birth of our youngest daughter. I felt isolated and overwhelmed. As I met other moms, I realized I wasn’t alone. We were all struggling in different ways.

After several years of offering my Have You Hugged Your Alien? workshop in elementary schools, I was approached by teachers and principals of French schools, requesting that I translate the book.

When my youngest daughter was born, my eldest was very upset with me for having her sister and, with her sister for taking some of my attention away from her. I wrote this book to help my daughter make sense of her feelings and express them to me so we could start to heal her wounded heart.

When I saw the impact of bullying on my daughter, it broke my heart. I encouraged her to speak to her teachers then I wrote notes in her agenda and, finally, I met with the teachers myself. The bullying was taking its toll on my daughter. I moved her to another school and started fresh in a new environment.