Spreading Joy Publishing Company

17/05/2024

Look who’s graduating!👩‍🎓On May 19, this sweet girl will walk across the stage and get her diploma! We are so very proud of you Bailee and can’t wait to see what the future holds for you! We love you tons!!❤️

21/03/2024

Happy world down syndrome day
💙💛 to one of the most amazing young women that I know!! The things you have accomplished so far in your 18 years of life is so inspiring and I can’t wait to see what you do in this next chapter! Keep on shining bright, and being a role model! There’s nothing you can’t do! We love you! 😘

08/03/2024

Thankful to the Gulf Coast Down Syndrome Society for sharing my Bailee book with Dr. Tamara Harper‘s group yesterday as part of their random acts of kindness in honor of World Down Sydrome day coming up March 21! 💙💛

24/02/2024

Mississippi Occupational Therapy Association spring conference. Hope to “spread joy” through Mississippi and to meet some fellow OT’s.

16/01/2024

Good morning, on this very cold morning in south Mississippi! 🥶
Most of the schools are closed and some people are home from work today, so while you are at home and bored…. I need a favor!
For all of you who have purchased or read either of my books, “Bailee One ‘Down’ Right Special Girl” or “The Me I Was Always Meant To Be” can you please go on Amazon and give these books a positive review? It will help them to be seen by others when shopping on Amazon and will help “Spread Joy” and share the message of inclusion and God’s love! ❤️ TIA

23/12/2023

Happy 18th birthday Bailee Marie! 🥳
I have loved watching you grow up and see all that you’ve accomplished so far! You are an amazing young lady who brings so much joy to everyone! My cheeks always hurt when I’m with you from smiling so much! Keep being you and the sky is the limit for you! Thank you for letting me share your story with the world! I love you! 💕

06/11/2023

We went on a college visit to MSU with our oldest daughter this weekend and found two of our favorite books at Book Mart & Cafe in downtown Starkville! If you’re in the Starkville area, they still have some copies of “The Me I was Always Meant to Be” and “Bailee, One ‘Down’ Right Special Girl” available, along with so many other great books, anything Mississippi State and some great food in the cafe’! Hail State!

Thank you for your support!

14/10/2023

Announcing the 2023 Biloxi High School Homecoming Queen, Miss Bailee Edwards!👑You won’t want to miss this heartfelt story on WXXV 25 this Sunday night at 9 and 10!❤️

14/10/2023

So proud of Bailee! Can’t think of anyone more deserving! ❤️

Congratulations to Queen Bailee Edwards! ❤️
We are so proud of you and we love you BIG!!
📣

26/09/2023

Early Bird Promotion HAS BEEN EXTENDED though September 25th! Don’t miss $10 pricing on these EXTRA CUTE SHIRTS! Join a team today!
https://www.ds-stride.org/gcdssbuddywalk

25/08/2023

Wanting to wish Bailee a special good luck on her first Friday night lights as a senior! Go Bailee!

28/07/2023

A special thank you going out to Book Mart & Cafe in Starkville, MS for your support! “Bailee One ’Down’ Right Special Girl” and “The Me I Was Always Meant To Be” are both now available to the community of Starkville! Thank you for helping us spread the message of inclusion to this great community and MSU students!

22/07/2023

Remember if you’d like to add my books to your class libraries as we start the 2023/2024 school year to teach your students inclusion, both books are available on Amazon!

https://www.amazon.com/Bailee-Down-Right-Special-Girl/dp/B0C1JH4D4C/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=25T7OH8ONAF3&keywords=bailee+one+down+right+special+girl+paperback+book&qid=1690046672&sprefix=bailee+one+down+right+special+girl+paperback+book%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-1 #

Imagine, through the eyes of a special needs child, what it might be like to navigate life being dependent on others for most daily activities. With the help of God, and those in his life, who “never gave up on him” he discovers just how much he has to offer the world!

20/05/2023

If you love my new book or love the Bailee book, please leave a positive review on Amazon so it can reach more people! As always, thanks for your support! ❤️

09/05/2023

Hope everyone's week is going well! We just wanted to say Thank You to all who have purchased "The Me I Was Always Meant To Be" online through Amazon. We are so blessed and thankful for all of your support.

Just a reminder, if you would like to purchase "The Me I Was Always Meant To Be" or "Bailee One 'Down' Right Special Girl" you can search the books by name on Amazon and purchase online.

Thank You!

25/04/2023

I love being a Pediatric OT!

Happy National Occupational Therapy Month to Pediatric Occupational Therapist Joy Gough! Joy was born and continues to reside in Ocean Springs Mississippi with her family. She has worked with the pediatric population exclusively for over 20 years. Joy has written and published two books and has found her inspiration from the special children she works with! She founded Spreading Joy Publishing Company in hopes of continuing to pursue her passion for writing.

We are very proud to have her on our team! Thanks for providing great patient care and inspiring us, Joy!

17/04/2023

We have some exciting news!! "Bailee One 'Down' Right Special Girl" is now available on Amazon! This has been an amazing journey with this awesome young lady and we hope it will continue through future online sales for years to come! Bailee book is available through Amazon in paper back and E-book.

We are also pleased to announce the release of our new book, "The Me I Was Always Meant To BE!" Imagine, through the eyes of a special needs child, what it might be like to navigate life being dependent on others for most daily activities. With the help of God, and those in his life, who “never gave up on him” he discovers just how much he has to offer the world!

As always, thank you for all of your support and please like and share this post to get the word out to all of your family and friends!!

Imagine, through the eyes of a special needs child, what it might be like to navigate life being dependent on others for most daily activities. With the help of God, and those in his life, who “never gave up on him” he discovers just how much he has to offer the world!

22/03/2023

Happy world down syndrome day to all of my extra special friends! They truly are God’s gift to the families they are born into! ❤️

07/03/2023

THANK YOU Gabrielle's Trendsetters for choosing us (GCDSS) as your charity of the year! We had a great afternoon enjoying a high energy fashion show. It was full of smiles, laughter and the cutest outfits ever! These ladies truly shine, especially our sweet and amazing Bailey Edwards! We are so lucky to be blessed by these smart, beautiful, strong, accomplished and kind young women. They definitely make this world a better place.

Thank you ladies!! 💛💙💛💙

24/01/2023

Congratulations to our friend Kristin Lee on an amazing first edition of The Scout Guide Mississippi Gulf Coast!

MEET THE NEW OWNER/EDITOR// I’m beyond excited to curate beautiful city guides featuring premier local businesses in our area and showcase them all year long. The MS Gulf Coast has so much to offer!
-Kristin Lee



📷Angela Trang Photography

13/01/2023

We can’t believe it’s already been one year! Thank you to Ocean Springs School District and all of our supporters over the last year.

We have some very exciting news to share with all of our friends and family! As of Tuesday night’s Ocean Springs school board meeting, our book, “Bailee One ‘Down’ Right Special Girl”, will now be available in all Kindergarten through 3rd grade classes in the Ocean Springs School District! We cannot say thank you enough to Superintendent, Ms. Bonita Coleman, and everyone who helped make this happen! 💗 💗

23/12/2022

Happy 17th birthday Bailee! 🥳 We love you and thanks for always spreading joy wherever you go! ❤️

15/12/2022

'Tis the season! We have a limited amount of books available now for that perfect Christmas gift for your family and friends! After the New Year you will only be able to find the Bailee book online, so get your orders in now! Thank you for your support!

"Bailee One 'Down' Right Special Girl" is now available to purchase online! Click the link below to get your copy shipped to your door. You can also find the link in our About section.

https://square.link/u/rp2hxnYS

24/11/2022

We are so blessed and thankful for all your support today and every day! Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!

07/11/2022

Thank you to all of our friends and family that came out to support Bailee and Joy today! It was a great day to see old friends and also meet some new ones! Stay tuned to hear about how the book will be available to purchase in the future! Thank you again for all of your support over this past year! We have been so blessed to be on this journey with Bailee and we can’t wait to see what happens in the future with “Bailee, One ‘Down’ Right Special Girl”!

See you soon!

06/11/2022

Come see us on this beautiful day at Peter Anderson Festival! We are set up on Washington Avenue in front of First Baptist Church of Ocean Springs!

05/11/2022

Due to the potential of bad weather we will not be set up this morning at Peter Anderson Festival! Come see us Sunday morning instead at 9am!

03/11/2022

We can’t believe it’s already been one year since we revealed “Bailee, One ’Down’ Right Special Girl” to our sweet Bailee and her family! Thank you to everyone for making this an incredible year! Enjoy this awesome video of the book reveal to Bailee! We hope to see you this Saturday at 9am -1pm at Peter Anderson Festival!

01/11/2022

We are so excited to be approaching the one year Anniversary of the book reveal for this special book! To say this last year has been amazing is an understatement! We have been so blessed to be a part of this incredible journey with Bailee and the response from all of our friends and family has been unimaginable! In just one short year we have sold over 800 books of “Bailee, One ‘Down’ Right Special Girl”, and we couldn’t have done it without each and every one of you!
Thank you all!!

To celebrate our one year Anniversary of the book, we will be setting up for Peter Anderson Festival again this year! This may be your last chance to buy a hard copy of this book before we submit it to online sales, Amazon, etc.! Bailee and Joy will be set up in front of First Baptist Church of Ocean Springs on Washington Ave., same as last year, starting at 9am this Saturday Nov 5th! Books are limited! Come out and get a picture with Bailee and she will definitely be excited to sign a book for her fans!! We hope to see you there!!

21/10/2022

Beautiful Bailee celebrating being Biloxi High School Junior Homecoming Maid!
Congratulations Bailee!