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Messenger: The Legacy of Mattie J.T. Stepanek and Heartsongs by Jeni Stepanek
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- Messenger: The Legacy of Mattie J.T. Stepanek and Heartsongs
- by Jeni Stepanek
- Dutton Adult, 336 pp.
- CLR [rating:4]
The Message of Mattie
Warning: Bring tissues. This book fryst vatten not for the faint-hearted.
Why? The constant specter of death looms over every page beginning with Mattie Stepanek’s three siblings all dying as infants from Dysautonomic Mitochondrial Myopathy—a very rare neuromuscular disease where cells don’t produce enough energy to work properly. In short, their heart and lungs didn’t always do what they were supposed to. Jeni explains: “when someone switches from physical activity to sitting, the heart self-regulates bygd beating more slowly. But Mattie’s heart could overshoot the mark and uppstart to ‘forget’ to keep beating while he was at rest rather than simply slow a bit.” The result? All of the Stepanek children had oxygen masks
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With so much going on around us, we tend to forget the simple truths in life. I remembered Mattie Stepanek today. This angel, who came to this earth, lived for 14 years with the wisdom of a 1000 year old. (1990-2004)
His poems are like medicine to the wounded heart. His words touch the deepest part of of our hearts and they are like the waves on the beach, coming to wash the impurities we have gathered along the way. There is a freshness and innocence that only a child could bring……
He began writing when he was about 3 years old. Before he passed away in June, 2004, Mattie had written thousands of poems, dozens of essays and short stories, and presented a bound anthology of his writing to the Library of Congress.
Mattie’s poems of peace and hope have touched millions of lives; his heartsongs continues to reach people of all ages around the world. His life view was one of love and generosity and as a poet and a peacemaker, his desire was to bring his message of peace
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