What’s at the Wedding?

By Patricia L. McIntosh

A wedding can be both exciting and scary, creating questions for a child. Patricia L. McIntosh remembers a wedding from her childhood where she lined up with the eligible ladies, hoping to catch the bouquet. Imagine the excitement she felt when the bundle of flowers landed in her hands. That joy quickly turned to fear when people teased that she would be the next to marry. Young Pattie took her prize and retreated to her parents’ car where she crouched in the back seat to hide—safe from being forced into early matrimony. Her mother had to retrieve her and explain that it was only a joke. What’s at the Wedding? should relieve some anxiety, give parents an opportunity to talk over the big day, and help your child have a better understanding of what to expect at upcoming nuptials, leaving only excitement and a happily ever after for all.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781796013528

Patricia L. McIntosh

Patricia L. McIntosh is a wife, entrepreneur, and artist, but it’s the titles of mom and grandma that she treasures. Hearing people label her granddaughter, Mallorie, as stubborn, rude, or shy, Patricia decided to use her experience as a writer to be Mallorie’s advocate and bring awareness to the truth behind the silence. Andrea Johnson RN, MSN, PMHNP-BC has spent her career in healthcare and she is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Her medical background and one-on-one time spent with her niece Mallorie gives her a unique understanding of selective mutism from a professional perspective. Sara K. McIntosh, Mallorie’s mother, worries that her daughter will fall behind with education or not fit in with her peers due to her restricted speech. As a teacher, she understood the importance of early intervention and took advantage of resources available through her school. In this book Sara shares her thoughts.

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