Same Sky

Some goodbyes are too big for words.When a parent deploys, the hardest part isn't always the goodbye. It's the quiet house afterward. The unanswered questions. The fear that lives underneath everything. The long wait that has no clear end.Same Sky was written for the children living through that wait, and for the parents reading to them at bedtime when one chair at the table sits empty.Follow David, a nine year old navigating the deployment of a parent for the first time. Through the goodbye, the long weeks of waiting, the big fear nobody wants to say out loud, and finally the homecoming, Same Sky gives children the words they don't have yet and gives families a ritual to hold onto when the distance feels too wide.Written by a U.S. Air Force veteran and father who deployed and came home, this book was born from a real family's real experience. It is meant to be read aloud, one chapter per night, as a bedtime ritual during deployment. When you close the book each night, look out at the sky together.Same sky tonight.Designed for ages 8 to 11. Also meaningful for younger children read to by a parent or caregiver. Read more