Under the Weeping Willow Tree: A Memoir about Grief, Loss, and Disability

"Fortunately for the reading public, Linda Madison is a poetic survivor, bringing pictures of old-fashioned sweat and tears to life in modern- day America. Under the Weeping Willow Tree gave me permission to feel the horror and clarity of courage, the confusion from physical and emotional frailty, not from one's own choosing.... Learning and seeking for her is living today for tomorrow, though, not just any old day of the week. Linda knows that on any given day as a single mother of four she might have enough bread on the table, and another day she might not; she knows that one day you take your baby to the doctor for care, and another day they take you. Imagine yourself sitting beneath a weeping willow tree, listening, embraced by its shimmering, gray-green leaves and drooping summer branches, enveloped in Linda Madison's tale, true and not to be believed.... Beautifully rooted, reading Under the Weeping Willow Tree will nourish you day and your week. Give yourself the opening to deepen to your own wonder."

-Roma Guy, MSW; health commissioner, City and County of San Francisco; California Chair, Health Committee, California Women's Agenda San Francisco

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Under the Weeping Willow Tree: A Memoir about Grief, Loss, and Disability

"Fortunately for the reading public, Linda Madison is a poetic survivor, bringing pictures of old-fashioned sweat and tears to life in modern- day America. Under the Weeping Willow Tree gave me permission to feel the horror and clarity of courage, the confusion from physical and emotional frailty, not from one's own choosing.... Learning and seeking for her is living today for tomorrow, though, not just any old day of the week. Linda knows that on any given day as a single mother of four she might have enough bread on the table, and another day she might not; she knows that one day you take your baby to the doctor for care, and another day they take you. Imagine yourself sitting beneath a weeping willow tree, listening, embraced by its shimmering, gray-green leaves and drooping summer branches, enveloped in Linda Madison's tale, true and not to be believed.... Beautifully rooted, reading Under the Weeping Willow Tree will nourish you day and your week. Give yourself the opening to deepen to your own wonder."

-Roma Guy, MSW; health commissioner, City and County of San Francisco; California Chair, Health Committee, California Women's Agenda San Francisco

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Under the Weeping Willow Tree: A Memoir about Grief, Loss, and Disability

Under the Weeping Willow Tree: A Memoir about Grief, Loss, and Disability

by Msw Linda S Madison
Under the Weeping Willow Tree: A Memoir about Grief, Loss, and Disability

Under the Weeping Willow Tree: A Memoir about Grief, Loss, and Disability

by Msw Linda S Madison

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"Fortunately for the reading public, Linda Madison is a poetic survivor, bringing pictures of old-fashioned sweat and tears to life in modern- day America. Under the Weeping Willow Tree gave me permission to feel the horror and clarity of courage, the confusion from physical and emotional frailty, not from one's own choosing.... Learning and seeking for her is living today for tomorrow, though, not just any old day of the week. Linda knows that on any given day as a single mother of four she might have enough bread on the table, and another day she might not; she knows that one day you take your baby to the doctor for care, and another day they take you. Imagine yourself sitting beneath a weeping willow tree, listening, embraced by its shimmering, gray-green leaves and drooping summer branches, enveloped in Linda Madison's tale, true and not to be believed.... Beautifully rooted, reading Under the Weeping Willow Tree will nourish you day and your week. Give yourself the opening to deepen to your own wonder."

-Roma Guy, MSW; health commissioner, City and County of San Francisco; California Chair, Health Committee, California Women's Agenda San Francisco


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798330232291
Publisher: Linda S. Madison, MSW
Publication date: 06/14/2024
Pages: 132
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Linda Madison holds a master's degree in social work and works for Columbia Health Care Services in Columbia South Carolina. She works with all populations who have disabilities. She survived a seventeen-hour brain surgery and understands the grief and loss of women who have had tragic events in their lives. Through this experience, she learned the acceptance of a life after disability. Linda now lives in Easley, South Carolina with her son Phillip and close to her two daughters Rebecca and Alena. Unfortunately, she experienced the loss of her daughter, Cara in 2021. Playing piano continues to be her solace during devotion through prayer and meditation. Linda is founder and director of "Professional Business Women With Disabilities" in Easley/Greenville, South Carolina. www.lmadisonbooks.com
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