Morning Leaves

<p><strong>AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR</strong></p> <p><strong>“The poems within <em>Morning Leaves</em> are tender, compassionate and full of wonder. Laing's writing and Kelly's illustrations are conduits for healing and hope.”<em>—Kristin A. Meekhof, co-author of A Widow's Guide to Healing </em></strong></p> <p><strong>“<em>Morning Leaves</em> is a gift to all who open their eyes to its images and their hearts to its whispers and exhortations.”—<em>Faith Salie, Emmy-winning contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning and author of Approval Junkie</em></strong></p> <p><strong>A radiant fusion of poetry and nature art, <em>Morning Leaves: Cultivating a Life of Beauty, Meaning, and Joy</em> is a tender, soul-stirring meditation on grief, healing, and the quiet joy of rediscovering beauty one morning at a time. </strong></p> <p><strong>Steeped in beautiful art and verse that invites reflection, <em>Morning Leaves</em> is the perfect gift book or self-purchase.</strong></p> <p><em>Morning Leaves</em> is an invitation to dream of a life where you are moving away from whatever has stopped you. It might be a death, trauma, loss of a relationship, some wild dark night of the soul is upon you and you enter this book, these poems and Kelly Leahy Radding’s magnificent nature art.</p> <p>You enter the possibility: Walk it. Talk it. Write it. Create it. Keep moving forward. Find your joy. Find your blessing. Find who you are going to be in your wild and precious life - one butterfly flight, one mourning dove wing, one frog leap at a time. This is a book that invites a journey into wholeness through creativity and conversation and writing and movement.</p> <p>Healing isn’t static. It’s energetic! I am here to take your hand. Morning Leaves is a love letter to the growing soul who wants to move on to the next place and find joy. </p> <p><strong>AWARD WINS FOR MORNING LEAVES:</strong><br><strong>2023 FOREWORD INDIES AWARDS WINNER</strong><br><strong>2023 PUBWEST DESIGN AWARDS WINNER</strong><br><strong>2024 FEATHERED QUILL BOOK AWARDS WINNER | GOLD</strong><br><strong>2024 IBPA BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AWARDS WINNER | GOLD</strong></p> <p><strong>MORE PRAISE FOR MORNING LEAVES:</strong><br>“The poems within <em>Morning Leaves</em> are tender, compassionate and full of wonder. Laing's writing and Kelly's illustrations are conduits for healing and hope.”<em>—Kristin A. Meekhof, co-author of A Widow's Guide to Healing</em></p> <p>“So beautifully written and thoughtfully constructed. Visceral. Visual. Vulnerable. The passages cracked open my heart.”<em>—Amy K. Hutchens, award-winning speaker and bestselling author of Get It and The Secrets Leaders Keep</em></p>