The Gabby Effect
How Broken Individuals
Built a Home,
Experienced Healing,
and Found Hope
Coming in 2026
We weren’t looking for a child.We weren't even brave enough to name the ache of something missing.Then a little girl entered our story and tenderly revealed everything we didn’t know how to ask for.What followed was waiting without guarantees, love with no roadmap, and a life none of us could have imagined.
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Get a first look at The Gabby Effect and our family’s unforgettable journey.
This book wasn’t planned.
It was lived.The Gabby Effect is the story of our adoption journey, the building of our family, and the unexpected lessons that came with it.It’s about finding home, holding onto hope, and realizing that healing often means discovering you’re not alone.
Our adoption journey wasn't easy...What began with waiting, paperwork, fear, prayer, and hope became a stubborn faith that we would become a family.Then Gabby arrived—and everything changed. She stretched us, tested our patience, and quietly rewrote what home truly means.
This is what the waiting was for.Not the milestones.
Not the announcements.
Not the paperwork.This. A simple dinner. A life we didn’t rush into, but fought for—one patient step at a time.Totally worth it.
About the Author
Jessica Ross
Author ⬩ Creative ⬩ Storyteller
👋🏼 Hello!
I’m Jessica, but you can call me Jess.I write from real life. The messy parts nobody warns you about but everyone survives.When I’m not writing, I’m with my family or buried in edits for my first book, The Gabby Effect.
What didn’t make it into
The Gabby Effect
still demanded to be told:Articles, essays, short stories, and reflections—shaped by the messy, beautiful chaos of being human.
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May you walk away feeling a little less alone than when you arrived.“Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is keep showing up.”
~ Unknown