"The Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom

I am posting this here because I can't share it with the two people I want most to share it with. exMM and his wife.

It is a book about understanding why things happen to you the way they do, about touching other people's lives for good or bad, and it is about forgiveness.

<small>[ March 31, 2004, 07:35 PM: Message edited by: twilight ]</small>

Thank you Twilight, sounds like a great and worthwhile read. I will look for it. Author seems familiar too.

How are you doing, (outside of what you mentioned in your other post)?

~ad

I read this book last year and have thought about it a lot in the last month since finding out about H's A and possible O/C. The book does bring comfort by showing all situations in this life happen for a reason and we only find out the reasons when we go to Heaven. I would highly recommend it too.

Autumday...he may seem familiar because he is a well known sportswritter and broadcaster. He also wrote Tuesdays with Morrie, which was made into a tv movie with Jack Lemon.

I watch him every Sunday on the Sports Reporters on ESPN <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

The book has made me regress a bit emotionally but it is well worth it read.

edited to add:

I am doing okay. Have a new solid job with a promise of a promotion within a year...close to being back to what I was prior to my bout with insanity (xMM). Ironically, I work in the same building as I did before...and I see my past and what I lost on a daily basis. Haven't figured out if it is a good or bad thing yet.

The baby is 7 months old and beautiful and I have no regrets about having her in my life. Things are hard but I am plugging through.

Thanks for asking.

<small>[ April 01, 2004, 06:22 PM: Message edited by: twilight ]</small>

Well, that explains it. I remember "Tuesday's With Morrie", plus, ESPN is turned on promptly each day when my D arrives home, and weekends...well that's a given. She wants to go into sports broadcast journalism. Anyway, I knew I knew the name, but couldn't place him as a "Christian" author.


</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> I work in the same building as I did before...and I see my past and what I lost on a daily basis. Haven't figured out if it is a good or bad thing yet.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I suspect it's a good thing. You are able to recognize the losses, know you were responsible for them, and have gone on to change yourself for the better.

Not to mention this:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> The baby is 7 months old and beautiful and I have no regrets about having her in my life. Things are hard but I am plugging through. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">In my book, that is a very, very good thing <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> !!

Warmest regards,

~ad