Kelly Rowland and educator Jessica McKay are sharing their sweet ode to modern motherhood. The duo came together to write the recently released children's book, , a «lyrical celebration» of working moms everywhere.
Speaking with ET about the book, Rowland revealed that she and McKay initially met through their sons before deciding to work together.«Our boys go to school together and we had play dates and she was just telling me more about herself,» the 41-year-old shared. «She's a teacher and, of course, a wonderful wife, beautiful mother of three kids, and she's also an author.
She had, like, five or six books written, and she said, 'I don't know what to do with them.' I said, 'Well, I have never written a children's book, but we can figure it out together!'» Rowland noted that after she read the beginning of what would become an idea grew between the two.
The singer marveled that she had «never seen anything like this before.»«There's no book for a working mom and their child and the dynamic and emotions — those big emotions of what takes place when you are separated from your child,» she explained. «I had several days or moments where I was getting ready to go out of town and crying on my way to the car, missing my kids.
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