NO MORE SCHOOL! NO MORE FUN! NO WAY! When life suddenly changes for Maddie and everyone she knows, she must learn to make the best of her new normal. COVID-19 changed routines, habits, and general daily life for people all over the world. Maddie's struggle through these changes serves as encouragement for all of us to accept our challenges and enjoy life as it is. Her struggles help children realize they are not alone. Colors and art can show emotion. We've used illustrations in this story to show how Maddie adjusts to this new way of living. Notice that the colors fade away to gray as Maddie struggles with the challenges presented by the pandemic, but then the bright and cheery colors return as she finds her happiness again in the midst of these uncertain times.
When life suddenly changes for Maddie and everyone she knows, she must learn to make the best of her new normal. COVID-19 changed routines, habits, and general daily life for people all over the world. Maddie's struggle through these changes serves as encouragement for all of us to accept our challenges and enjoy life as it is. Her struggles help children realize they are not alone. Colors and art can show emotion. We've used illustrations in this story to show how Maddie adjusts to this new way of living. Colors in art can represent and spark various emotions. In the book, notice how the colors in the illustrations slowly fade to gray reflecting Maddie's feelings. As she is impacted by the pandemic, she is overwhelmed and sad. Thus, the colors begin to fade away along with her happiness. When Maddie begins to adjust and find joy in her new normal, the color and cheer is added back to her world. The author's hope is that Maddie's story can help the reader accept the changes in the world and begin to find color and happiness!
Psychoanalytic Reflections on Parenting Teens and Young Adults explores the rich, multi-layered parent-child interactions that unfold during the period of separation and launching. While this is a necessary transitional time, parents inevitably experience feelings of loss and longing for the past as well as hope for the future. With honesty, humor, and originality, the book brings together the voices of psychoanalysts, speaking frankly, and not just as professionals, but also as parents grappling with raising young adults in today’s fast-paced world. The contributors reflect on the joys, regrets, and surprises as well as the challenges and triumphs they experience as their children reach the threshold of young adulthood. They address a wide range of topics relevant to parents and practitioners alike-indeed to all those who are closely involved with the growth and maturation of today’s youth. Offering both a broad perspective and an intimate look at present-day parenting dilemmas, the chapters focus on five main areas of interest: raising youth in the digital age, developmental difficulties, evolving gender norms, social concerns and, finally, the building of resiliency. Psychoanalytic Reflections on Parenting Teens and Young Adults offers an alternative lens to consider the complex challenges parents face in raising today’s teens and young adults, replacing the customary notion of "failure to launch" with the concept of "holding on with open arms." The explorations in this book advance the idea that in the end, these struggles are essential for growth, buoyancy and wisdom. It will appeal greatly to psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists, as well as family therapists.
"Take Maddie home and make her comfortable for whatever time she has left." Maddie's parents were hearing these words from the doctor after their four-year-old daughter was diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension, an incurable life-threatening disease. It was 1997, when there were very few options other than a lung transplant to treat Maddie's disease. Because her parents were unwilling to accept this fate for their daughter, they ended up at the Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Maddie became one of the early pioneers of pulmonary arterial hypertension in the late 1990s when research was just beginning to develop therapies that were an alternative to lung transplantation; treatments that provided hope! This true and inspiring story chronicles Maddie's twenty-year journey of courage and strength. Maddie was an example of determination to all who knew her. Even people who had never met Maddie were inspired by her story. Maddie not only battled pulmonary arterial hypertension, but at the age of six she was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia. Maddie conquered cancer and lived on to receive two separate lung transplants. Although this is a book about an amazing girl who rose above her adversity to live a full and happy life, it is also a book about discovery. This is a mother's story of how her daughters pain and suffering became vehicles for uncovering her own inner strength and for learning valuable life lessons. The wisdom learned in these hard-gained lessons is what she calls "difficult blessings."
Physician Corinthia Madsen Salas—Dr. Maddie—has a flourishing practice in the tiny southern town of Maypearl, Alabama. Although she’s on call for her eclectic patients 24/7, she keeps her personal life private—most notably the fact that she is in love with her new receptionist, Ella Lewis. To reveal the truth could be an ethical disaster for her career and her impeccable standing as a civic leader in the small town. Yet, even so, she wonders often if Ella’s sly, shy glances indicate a return of affection or just workplace courtesy. Then the incredible happens, the two are thrust into revealing their feelings and Ella offers to change jobs so that they may have a relationship. Throwing caution to the wind, Maddie agrees. After a blissful evening, Dr. Maddie is called out to a late night emergency and soon the worlds of both women turn completely upside down. Now Ella is faced with life changing choices. Should she turn away from the challenges a life with Corinthia would bring? Or allow the power of devotion, time and persistence to bring her beloved Maddie back to her arms… This new romance by award-winning author Nat Burns is filled with quirky patients, comedic office staff and, oh yes—love. Lots of love.
Courageous, daring, and unflinchingly honest, ACCIDENTALLY BRAVE is an inspiring true story about discovering a new normal when the familiar world falls apart, a must-see examination of what it means to navigate a world with no certainty. Maddie Corman’s profoundly personal play challenges perceptions, captivates audiences, and sparks an emotionally charged discussion that will leave you wondering: What would I do?
This book was formerly called Cappuccino Corpse. If you like reading clean paranormal murder mysteries featuring a good witch, mystical cats, and fun sidekicks, then this might be the perfect series for you! The local coffee festival has people buzzing – but for all the wrong reasons. When an obnoxious radio personality is murdered, all signs point to Maddie, barista and witch, being the culprit! Maddie, Trixie (her familiar), and Suzanne (her best friend) are determined to clear Maddie’s name, and investigate their fellow competitors. But with only two spells under her belt, can Maddie unmask the killer? It will take the combined efforts of the trio to discover who the murderer is – before it’s too late! You may also enjoy: Spells and Spiced Latte - A Coffee Witch Cozy Mystery – Maddie Goodwell 1 Magic and Mocha - A Coffee Witch Cozy Mystery – Maddie Goodwell 3 Enchantments and Espresso - A Coffee Witch Cozy Mystery – Maddie Goodwell 4 Familiars and French Roast - A Coffee Witch Cozy Mystery – Maddie Goodwell 5
Will love be enough for an uncertain future? Maddie Abbott has dreamed of nothing other than being a schoolteacher since her childhood. The children adore her. She has proven capable of running her own classroom, but one person stands in her way of reaching her goal. She and her best friend, Meagan, are enjoying their freedom and living on their own in Middle Tennessee. Struggling to stay ahead of her expenses while trying to survive on a meager teachers aides salary, Maddie fights to keep that dream alive. Just as things are getting easier for Maddie, her life gets turned upside down with new struggles. While one man wants to possess her, another wants to love and protect her. But will either of them believe her innocent of a crime that points to her and only her? From the beginning, she stole their hearts, and unless she can prove otherwise, she fears her friends and employer will always suspect she stole much more.
When Marla Bronstein was first diagnosed with an Acoustic Neuroma, she, like many others, went straight to the internet. She found out what it was, treatment options, and read personal stories of resulting complications from long, frightening surgery. Marla wanted a map to help guide her through the months ahead of surgery that might show her a story with a happy ending. Marla wrote the book she wanted and needed so desperately to read. Marla's story is written with the hope that others might also find their path in dealing with any life-threatening and life-changing situation.
This is a contemporary and timely exploration of friendships between young girls and the pressures they're faced with in the modern world. Maddie Lee is in 6th grade and she feels ordinary and dull. Her best and oldest friend Katy is head counselor and aiming at an academic scholarship. Maddie doesn't have anything that is hers, anything that is special. Enter a mysterious new girl, Samara. Samara is pretty, calm, and before long is in the popular girls' group. Maddie wants more than anything else to become friends with her. But when she does finally engineer a friendship of sorts, Maddie realizes that Samara has a secret. When Samara enlists Maddie to raise money to keep her family from being separated, Maddie finally feels important and needed. So when Samara asks her to go one step further and start stealing, Maddie makes a decision that will have consequences beyond her imagining.
