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I am deeply honored and thankful to be able to share that my little children’s book, God Must Love<\/a>, won a 2026 Outstanding Book of the Year Award<\/strong> from the Illumination Book Awards<\/a>. I am sending many congrats to all the winners. What a fun and exciting honor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I couldn’t have made this book a reality from my head and heart to a finished and published\u00a0book if it wasn’t for my wonderful publisher, Fusion Hybrid Publishing of Endgame Press<\/a>, or my family, especially my mom and husband whose support is endless. THANK YOU! From the bottom of my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My hope for this book is for kids to know that God, creator of everything good in the universe, loves them and made them unique and special. We are all made differently, but God loves us all the same. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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