The Room That Was Ready Before She Arrived
In 2019, Marcus and Denise Thompson of Nashville spent eleven months preparing for a daughter they had never met. They painted her room soft yellow....
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18.
In 2019, Marcus and Denise Thompson of Nashville spent eleven months preparing for a daughter they had never met. They painted her room soft yellow. They stacked picture books on shelves — ones about girls with brown skin and big dreams, because the agency had told them she was African American. They installed a nightlight shaped like a butterfly because her foster mother mentioned she was afraid of the dark.…
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