for one more day

Not as good as Tuesdays with Morrie… a bit let down. Story of a man who gets the chance to spend one more day with his mother, who died 8 years earlier. it is not something I am likely to remember or reread.

Favorite bits from the book:

I have forgotten so many things in my life, yet I can remember every moment of that time with my mother, the people we saw, the things we discussed. It was so ordinary in so many ways, but as she said, you can find something truly important in an ordinary minute. You may think me crazy, that I imagined the whole thing. But I believe this in the deepest part of my soul: My mother, somewhere between this world and the next, gave me one more day, the day i’d wanted so badly, and she told me all that i’ve told you.

What causes an echo?” she once quizzed me.
The persistence of sound after the source has stopped.
When can you hear an echo?”
When it’s quiet and other sounds are absorbed.
When it’s quiet, I can hear my mothers echo still.


Here is what you are going to find out about marriage: you have to work at it together. And you have to love three things. You have to love
1) each other
2) your children (when you have some! hint hint!)
3) your marriage
What i mean by the last one is, there may be times that you fight, and sometimes you and Catherine won't even like each other. But those are the times you have to love your marriage. It's like a third party. Look at your wedding photos. Look at any memories you've made. And if you believe in those memories, they will pull you back together.