books 2006: Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom

Oh man. I didn't really want to like this book. I was fully expecting it to be shlocky crap. Actually, it was a very simple book and a very sweet book, affirming of all the things that I want to believe about life: that love is the most important thing, that we should spend our time doing work we believe in and not just making money, that we should enjoy and love our bodies and the world around us because we won't always be able to.

Reading this made me miss Walt a lot. I wish I'd read this book back when my mom first told me to, because then I might've called Walt up and seen him one more time before he died. I feel that Walt saw me in the same way that Morrie saw Albom, and I wish that I had been a better friend to him. I hope that, wherever he is now, he knows that I'll always carry him in my heart.