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Countdown 'Til Daddy Comes Home

is the story of a young boy waiting for his daddy to come home from a trip. To make their separation easier, his family creates rituals to stay connected and make the countdown fly by.

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Countdown 'Til Mommy Comes Home

This is the story of a young boy waiting for his mommy to come home from a trip. To make their separation easier, his family creates rituals to stay connected and make the countdown fly by.

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Kristin Ayyar

Children's Author

Kristin Ayyar is the mother of three wonderful children, an avid volunteer in her community, and was an Air Force spouse for 24 years. Countdown 'til Daddy Comes Home and Countdown 'til Mommy Comes Home are books based on her family's experiences and is filled with rituals that she and her children followed when her husband traveled the globe or was deployed overseas serving our nation.

Kristin Ayyar lives in Virginia.