A novel by Mitch Albom
Lovely read...Written in a way that is so much his style..simple words, simple sentences...
Yet so very thought-provoking...so much like his "Fove People You Meet In Heaven" and "Tuesdays With Morrie"
All his books have made me weep..haha..
He brings up feelings, thoughts, emotions which all of us take for granted...and which all of us somehow or other over the years...tend to disregard and keep hidden...
One lovely line from the last page of this book:
"One day spent with someone you love can change everything."
Another para:
"I believe that parents, if they love you, will hold you up safely, above the swirling waters, and sometimes, that means that you will never know what they endured, and you may treat them unkindly, in a way you otherwise wouldn't."
Yet another one:
"There's a story behind everything. How a picture got onto a wall. How a scar got onto your face. Sometimes the stories are simple and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother's story because hers is where your begins."
A love story about familial ties..especially between a mother and a son...
Written in first person narrative...
There was concept highlighted in there..The narrator had a list..split into two columns...
Each column was headed by the following titles:
1) Times My Mother Stood Up For Me
2) Times I Did Not Stand Up For My Mother
(2) far outweighed (1)....
I thought about it myself...and I think my own situation is similar too...
I believe alot of others would face a similar thing too...
Why does love tend to be taken for granted so often?
Love of any kind...friendship, spousal, parental, sibling love, familial love...
Food for thought...
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