I love being able to give Gifts that allow children to learn through lessons they are taught from the Gifts. Which is why I’m excited to introduce you to Lyn Meredith the Author of Home: A Story of Resilience and Healing.
You will find Home: A Story of Resilience and Healing inside our Christmas Gift Guide Shopping for: Homeschool. Home: A Story of Resilience and Healing will allow us to study Natural Disasters and how to help families cope.
Natural disasters destroy homes — and lives. And the children impacted can experience debilitating anxiety. When her search for relatable, child-centric resources to help her own son came up short, Carrie Lee Barnes used her family’s experience in the aftermath of a California wildfire to write Home: A Story of Resilience and Healing, her heartfelt children’s book that shares one little boy’s journey toward discovering the true meaning of home.
Home Opens the Door to Healing After Devastating Loss
Santa Rosa, CA, November 23, 2020 — In the wee hours of October 9, 2017, the disoriented and panic-stricken Barnes family, with two little boys in tow, frantically scrambled to evacuate their Santa Rosa, California, home.
Smoke burned their lungs. Ash stung their eyes. Nearby fires raged, engulfing homes as howling winds fed the flames. In the end, the Tubbs Fire, deemed one of the most destructive wildfires in California history, destroyed more than 5,643 homes, including the Barnes’.
They returned to the lot where their house once stood, to gain closure and confront the harsh reality that the house was truly gone. But seeing the empty lot had a profound — and lasting — impact on 7-year-old Brett.
When her search for relatable, child-centric resources to augment Brett’s recovery came up short, mother Carrie Lee Barnes used her family’s experiences to inform her compelling, inspirational book, Home: A Story of Resilience and Healing.
Told from a child’s perspective, Home is one little boy’s account of the abrupt and devastating loss of his house and his emotional journey toward discovering the true meaning of home.
Written primarily for young children from ages 3 to 7, Home is an uplifting story intended to bring hope and healing in the aftermath of a natural disaster.
“My goal is for this book to help comfort children as they find their new normal after the loss of their home due to any circumstance,” Barnes says. “When I read Home to my little ones, they immediately saw themselves in the story. It opened up a forum for dialogue and healing for my boys and allowed them to feel a part of something bigger.”
With wildfires, hurricanes and other natural disasters happening more and more frequently, it’s important for children to have age-appropriate resources for coping. Home is Barnes’ heartfelt contribution to this very worthy cause.
“My hope for Home is that it provides a much needed glimpse at an ending for natural disaster victims,” Barnes adds. “There is a moment when you find peace in the constants of the people you love who are around you every day. We need to find our center, the place we call home, in our human connections.”
Author Carrie Lee Barnes is a stay-at-home mom who previously trained surgeons on advanced robotic technology in the operating room. Home was written to help victims of natural disasters, especially children, who are emotionally affected by the loss of their home. She lives with her husband and two sons in Santa Rosa, California.
Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards recently recognized Home with a gold medal in the category of Best First Book: Picture Book.
Available from Amazon.com, BN.com, Target.com, Booktopia.com.au and Copperfield’s Books.
About Lyn Meredith
As a child, I was the one that thought up all the pretend games for my sister and friends. I drew my first mural at age 3, which was a four foot drawing of my stuffed dragon, rendered in Crayola crayons.
I wrote and illustrated my first book at age 9, and I still have it. It was typed on an old typewriter. The illustrations were done in ballpoint pen and dime store watercolors.
I am a self-taught artist. I love to work with gouache, watercolor, ink, colored pencils, and acrylic paint. My studio has 2 huge vintage drafting tables, and an easel. There are 3 bookcases in my studio and 2 or 3 bookcases in every room in the house!
I live with my husband, my horses and cows among the farms and dairies in the heartland of California. Our 4 children are grown and we have two grandsons.
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Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
