Here's another book to remember - "The Middle Place" by Kelly Corrigan. A woman who knows all to well that "family is everything" and learns the meaning of life through experiences I wish on no one. Before I pass this book along to a friend, as I do with most every book I read I wanted to capture of few of my favorites snipets from the brave cancer survivor that I loved most:
On the night before her first chemo treatment -- "We've gone through two bottles of of wine already but I notice my dad open another red without even asking if anyone wants more. It occurs to me that this sort of thing may be what alcohol is for -- dulling, soothing consolation." Amen sister!
"A good visit with your parents can make you want to move home." Well...I wouldn't go that far but I surely understand where she was coming from when she said it.
"I shrug my shoulders and stopped talking. My therapy-loving friend once told me if something really bugs you about someone else, it's probably the very thing you most despise about yourself." Ain't that the damn truth!
Finding little snippets from other people's lives and sharing them is what we all should live for. If it makes you think. Makes you smile. Or even goes as far as making you laugh out loud when you're alone it's worth remembering.
Signing Off Relating to Kelly,
Renee Brennan
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