We have always known that the moms of kids with 1p36 Deletion syndrome are special people. It turns out that a couple of them are talented authors as well. Both Laurel Mills and Keva Horry have had books recently published.
Laurel Mills is an accomplished writer and poet and her most recent book "Rumor of Hope" won the winner of the 2012 Encircle Publications Chapbook Contest. This book of poems gives us insight into Laurel's struggles and challenges of raising Beth who has 1p36 Deletion Syndrome. If you would like to find out more about Laurel or would like to purchase her book please visit her website at laurelmills.net.
While Laurel Mills has been published several times, Keva Horry has just had her first book published. Her book "Glamorous Sacrifice: Life...in the Shadow of Championships " is now available on amazon.com. Keva's book is a memoir chronicling her tumultuous journey as the wife of a championship-winning professional athlete, and the mother of a child with 1p36 Deletion Syndrome. Keva and Robert Horry's daughter Ashlyn passed away in 2011.
Keva and Robert started the Ashlyn Horry Foundation as a way of honoring Ashlyn’s seventeen years on earth, and the precious legacy she left permanently embedded in the hearts and minds of many.