About this ebook
The steps taken by her grandfather to draw her out of her depression can only be described as miraculous.
Recommended as adult reading by the 5 yr old co-author herself, this story is ideal subject matter for when your child first begins to doubt her trust in Santa Claus and the risk of losing the Christmas Spirit ensues.
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About the author
Gianna Marie Medina
Gianna Marie was a happy, healthy five year old when her world was suddenly filled with doubt and despair. Happy to send her annual letter to Santa, everything changed when her heard news that the whole Santa Story was a fake. The deception was too much for her young mind to handle She became confused and withdrawn and felt that her parents had lied to her, which was equally devastating to her young parents.
When Gianna's maternal grandfather stepped in to allow her to experience the Spirit of Christmas, her trust was renewed and at a very young age she gained tremendous insight into the meaning of giving and the spirit that touches those who feel joy in helping others.
In retrospect, today Gianna attributes her experiences contained in this short but meaningful book to her personal outlook on life. She graduated college with high honors and a Bachelors degree in Science and Microbiology, she has travelled to New Orleans to help Katrina victims rebuild their homes. She travelled to Greece to exchange and share theories and she has assisted families in Appalachia to convert their modest dwellings to a more liveable environment. She is currently engaged in an international project to research, nurture and promote advanced methods of alternative medicine that will change the world as we know it.
Donald Charles Calarco
A devoted and attentive family man and husband who helped to raise three wonderfully creative and productive daughters, five granddaughters and a grandson for good measure, Calarco founded American Marketing in 1982. His company was billed as a marketing services agency, however his passion was always to find the most effective and appropriate solution for problems faced by small, local entrepreneurs as well as Fortune 500 corporations. During his career, he began to excel as a copywriter and spent most of his business career writing motivational copy for incentive programs, brochures, training manuals and product promotions.
His most enduring and exhausting task was assuming the position of chief architect for an electronic medical record software program appropriately named "Remedy".
One would expect that his personal pastime would be spent on golf or other relaxing activities. Well, it does, in a small way. Instead, he is most likely found at his keyboard or in his kitchen. Always creating and always working.
As the founder and executive director of American Marketing, Calarco and his creative team have been involved in the development and execution of some very recognizable concepts, as well as others which may never get noticed. He has designed and created concepts for the National Football Leage, AT&T, Ameritech, the Chicago Cubs, The Associates Commercial Corporation,. Allied Domecq Spirits, MPS Remedy 2.0, Inc. and many more.
His devotion to writing began at a young age and will continue until his fingers can no longer transpose his thoughts to an empty page.
His writing style has been described as the equivalent of reading a screenplay, as each page comes alive with visuals sent directly to your minds eye.
His first two books were children's books; "Is Santa For Real" and "In a Dandelions World", both published by Outskirts Press, Inc.. He will soon self publish his first fictional novel "The Cylinders - We are the one!",
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