Heather was the beginning of the process of us realizing as a lesbian couple that there were going to be many battles, and we just had to do them, 'Heather' paved some way but there was a lot 'Heather' couldn't do that we had to just do. Amy Jacobson More Quotes by Amy Jacobson More Quotes From Amy Jacobson My concern as a protective mother was that kids were going to ask her questions about her family, and she wouldn't know what to say, and there were no tools to help her. It became clear to me there needed to be resources. Amy Jacobson top-news If Leslea hadn't written 'Heather,' I wouldn't have had that first tool to walk in with, i had something in my hand, this published book. This is what you can say to kids. It was very powerful. Amy Jacobson top-news As the kids in her day care got a little older, they started to ask questions, 'Where is the daddy? Does Sarah have a daddy?' They just needed to know there are all kinds of families, and there was a book ... they trusted telling them it was OK. Amy Jacobson top-news
