A Bradenton girl whose father passed away before she was born has published a book full of signs he's sent her.

Madisyn Wandall, 11, says she knows her dad is looking after her from heaven. Since she was 3 years old, Madisyn has been finding hearts everywhere and taking pictures.

"I see them in clouds, I see them on the ground," Madisyn said. "I see them in trees, I see them in bushes."

Friday will mark the anniversary of Madisyn’s fathers death. He was killed 11 years ago when a driver ran a red light at the intersection of Terra and State Road 70 in Bradenton.

“I had found a heart on the beach and I had came up to my mom and told her I had found a heart from my dad.”

Madisyn's mother, Melissa, was eight and a half months pregnant at the time. Two weeks later, Madisyn was born.

Although she never had the opportunity to meet her father, she says when she sees hearts she knows he is looking after her.

“I think every day I have seen a heart," Madisyn said. "I don’t think that there has ever been a day I haven’t.”

This has brought Melissa comfort and healing.

“He is showing her in another way that he is still with her and he is still loving her -- and she gets that,” Melissa said.

To help others dealing with loss, Madisyn and Melissa turned her heart pictures into a newly published book called Marked Through Hearts.

“If somebody had lost their mom or their dad and they read this book, maybe they will find they had a spiritual connection to that,” said Madisyn.