Always Your Sister

Four years ago, Millie lost her babybrother Noah before he could be born. She writes a journal to him, exploringher memories and emotions, and thinks about him every day. When she learns hermother is pregnant again, she writes to him about her anxieties. What if thenew baby dies like Noah did? Millie takes it upon herself to take care of hermum while she’s pregnant. She cooks, cleans, and brings her mum ginger tea whenshe feels sick in the morning. At school, she has two close friends, the bubblyextrovert, Charlie, and bookish introvert, Emma, who pull her in twodirections. But Chappy Leeann is there to help her sort out her feelings.Working together to support their parents and the drought affecting their sheepfarm, Millie grows closer to her older sister Vicky and learns to appreciatethe things in her life. As Millie shares all her feelings with Noah, shereassures her precious stillborn baby brother that even after her new siblingis born, she will always be his sister. Throughout it all, Millie learns justhow resilient and strong she really is.

This book contains an important message about the impact of stillborn children onthe lives of siblings too, and highlights the importance of school chaplains intheir ability to help children through their emotions. Siblings are often overlooked as they grieve theloss of an expected baby.