books 2006: Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom

[supercheesegirl]

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.

Comments

[dragonbetween.livejournal.com]

I haven't read this book, though I mean to eventually, I have however read The Five People You Meet in Heaven also by Mitch Albom. I found it to be shockingly good.

I literally picked it up off my friend's coffee table, her mom was reading it, and couldn't put it down until I'd finished it two days later. If you ever get a chance, and feel like reading something else by him, I suggest you give it a chance.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

I did read that one, actually, and I loved it too. :)

[bulleteyes.livejournal.com]

I can identify with you. I had someone in my life and the same thing happened. I should have seen him more, I should have been a better friend. It happened about 20 years ago.

Time has shown me to let myself go about this. I finally realized he would have had a fit if he saw me upset over something that had to do with him. It was actually my memories of him and who he was that finally allowed me to set myself free. Which is exactly what he would have wanted.

Those two books are on my "to read" list!