Mattie Breathes
Mattie Breathes

Author: Tracie Loux

Publisher:

Published: 2013-07-19

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780615850276

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"Mattie Breathes" hopes to help educate families about life with a tracheostomy, and to show the amazing quality of life and true joy that children living with a tracheostomy can have. It is also a tool to help medical professionals and educators prepare families for life with a tracheostomy. Mattie was born with Down syndrome and a severe AV canal heart defect. He was hospitalized his first 11 months of life, and required G-tube surgery, a tracheostomy, and two open heart surgeries. He turns 3 years old on October 20, 2013, and lives at home with his family. He loves trips to the zoo, the park, playing with his siblings and going to church. Tracie Loux lives in Kansas City with her husband John and their 7 children. Tracie is a writer and educator who works in the adoption field. her son, Matthias joined their family in October 2010, through adoption. Her journey as Mattie's mom has catapulted her into an education that only comes through experience.

The Diary of Mattie Spenser
The Diary of Mattie Spenser

Author: Sandra Dallas

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1998-05-15

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780312187101

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Mattie Spenser and her new husband Luke start off to the west. As they live their life Mattie keeps a journal of the joys and frustrations of frontier life and marriage.

Mattie Breathes
Mattie Breathes

Author: T. Loux

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-09-13

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9781490439679

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"Mattie Breathes" seeks to help educate families about life with a tracheostomy, and to show the amazing quality of life and true joy that children living with a tracheostomy can have. It is also a tool to help medical professionals and educators prepare families for life with a tracheostomy. Mattie was born with Down syndrome and a severe AV canal heart defect. he was hospitalized his first 11 months of life, and required G-tube surgery, a tracheostomy, and two open heart surgeries. He spent the next 3 years living at home with his family. He loves trips to the zoo, the park, and playing with his siblings.

Mattie
Mattie

Author: Frederick William Robinson

Publisher:

Published: 1865

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13:

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Her Last Breath
Her Last Breath

Author: Linda Castillo

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2013-06-18

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0312658575

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From the NYT bestselling author of Sworn to Silence comes a chilling tale of a tragic accident, a beautiful Amish woman, and the dark side of the seemingly perfect Amish world

Heartsongs
Heartsongs

Author: Mattie J. T. Stepanek

Publisher: Hyperion

Published: 2002-01-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780786888092

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Mattie J.T. Stepanek began writing poetry at the age of three. In ,Heartsongs, Mattie explores the uncensored reality of living with a rare form of muscular dystrophy and with the grief associated with the loss of his three siblings to the same life-threatening condition. Heartsongs is a collection of the early poems and artwork of this gifted, courageous, award-winning poet.

The Pilot's Wife
The Pilot's Wife

Author: Anita Shreve

Publisher: Back Bay Books

Published: 2007-07-31

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0316025674

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Anita Shreve's hauntingly beautiful #1 bestseller and Oprah's Book Club selection about tragedy, grief, betrayal, and the 'impossibility of knowing another person.' As a pilot's wife, Kathryn has learned to expect both intense exhilaration and long periods alone, but nothing has prepared her for a late-night knock that lets her know her husband has died in a crash. Until now, Kathryn Lyons's life has been peaceful if unextraordinary: a satisfying job teaching high school in the New England mill town of her childhood; a picture-perfect home by the ocean; a precocious, independent-minded fifteen-year-old daughter; and a happy marriage whose occasional dull passages she attributes to the unavoidable deadening of time. As Kathryn struggles with her grief, she descends into a maelstrom of publicity stirred up by the modern hunger for the details of tragedy. Even before the plane is located in waters off the Irish coast, the relentless scrutiny of her husband's life begins to bring a bizarre personal mystery into focus. Could there be any truth to the increasingly disturbing rumors that he had a secret life?

Messenger
Messenger

Author: Jeni Stepanek

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-11-03

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1101155655

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The moving tribute to the young man Oprah Winfrey called "an inspiration"-told by the woman who raised him. Mattie Stepanek's Heartsongs books were a phenomenon. Not only did they hit the bestseller lists, but the books-and Mattie himself- were a source of inspiration to many, and brought him major recognition. Jimmy Carter described young Mattie Stepanek as "the most remarkable person I have ever known." In Messenger, Jeni Stepanek shares the inspiring story of her son's life. Mattie was born with a rare disorder called Dysautonomic Mitochondrial Myopathy, and Jeni was advised to institutionalize him. Instead, she nurtured a child who transformed his hardships into a worldwide message of peace and hope. Though Mattie suffered through his disease, his mother's disabilities, and the loss of his three older siblings, he never abandoned his positive spirit. His Heartsong- the word he used to describe a person's inner self-spread a philosophy that peace begins with an attitude and can spread to the entire world.

Sufficient Grace
Sufficient Grace

Author: Darnell Arnoult

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2006-06-05

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 141653430X

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One quiet spring day, Gracie Hollaman hears voices in her head that tell her to get in her car and leave her entire life behind -- her home, her husband, her daughter, her very identity. Gracie's subsequent journey releases her genius for painting and effects profound changes in the lives of everyone around her. Ultimately, her quest leads her into the home of Mama Toot and Mattie, two strong, accomplished women going through life changes of their own. As the bonds between these women grow stronger, and the family Gracie left behind come to terms with their own loss, both worlds slowly and inevitably collide, revealing a long-buried secret that they share. A spellbinding debut novel, Sufficient Grace explores the power of personal transformation and redemption, and the many ordinary and extraordinary ways they come to pass through faith, love, motherhood, art, even food. Even though we sometimes have to leave behind an old identity in order to discover our soul, this poignant, poetic study of the human condition affirms the enduring importance of relationships and the strength we derive from them.

Unlikely Friends in an Unfriendly Time
Unlikely Friends in an Unfriendly Time

Author: Jeanne Shirk

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2013-08-08

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1483678717

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In the late eighteen hundreds when Shirks grandmother was a young person, women’s choices were limited. Frances “knew” she was meant to be a nurse, but, being young and unmarried, society said “no”. Her friend Sally, granddaughter of slaves, “knew” she could be a great teacher, but there was little chance for her to get training. Reading this book in a group and then having a discussion about it takes courage. It’s not easy to talk about race and gender issues.