"A Quilt of Wishes"

Local mom writes a warm welcome

When Lake Samish-area resident Teresa Orem Werner received a picture of the daughter she would eventually adopt from China, she felt an immediate connection.

She was also concerned for her daughter-to-be, who was thousands of miles away.

Who was watching over her in the orphanage? Was she cuddled often? Was she cared for when she was sick?

Orem Werner describes those feelings and the love of a mother waiting to meet her new daughter in her new book "A Quilt of Wishes," which is illustrated by former Bellingham resident Nathan Tremlin.