cafe maddy on Instagram: "several weeks ago I got an email… and when I saw the title of the email and my heart skipped a beat. I waited until I got home to open and read it, and it felt like a huge pat on the back for what I have been doing often, alone, in my apartment- writing, cooking, marveling at the things I discovered in my research, feeling grounded, and hitting the “post” button… and never have I imagined that I would have the privilege to grow along with so many people as I was doing w