The book, “From Heartache to Hope“, is an art documentary, coffee table-style book of stunning photography by local photographer Rebekah Pope and the moving prose of author Leisa A. Hammett.  It uses black & white photography and moving prose to tell the stories of 18 Middle Tennessee familes living with autism.  Between the pages of this hard-bound coffee table-style book are experiences documneted from rural outposts to urban settings and in between.  Family structures vary, as do racial and socio-economic make-up.  But pieced together–like the enigmatic autism puzzle–they tell the universal autism story.  Proceeds from this critically acclaimed book benefit ASMT, a Middle Tennessee autism support organization.

While this image isn’t of my kids on their first day of school, I thought it was a cute image to share in celebration of  the first day of school.