Book I Saw on TV
People say that everything Oprah touches turns to gold (maybe except for Tom Cruise and the sofa). Every time she mentions a book on her show, we know thousands will look for it.
I've tried reading The New Earth but only managed a few pages -- those that I flipped through at the bookstore. Though I'll admit to making a few calls to locate the nearest store for Eat Pray Love after learning about it from the show (read my regret here). At one point, I was kind of searching for The Pillars of the Earth too.
Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven, was on Oprah today with his book (also a movie) For One More Day -- a story about a washed out salesman intending to end his life, granted a day to spend with his departed mother.
Only when they started to discuss this question did it get my attention, "If you could spend one more day with someone you have loved and lost, what would you do?"
I've heard about Mitch Albom's books-turned-movies before, but I rarely get Hallmark, so probably the book is not for me. But there is a lesson here, and it's sobering, and if it's up to me, I'll pretend it doesn't exist for as long as I can.
I've tried reading The New Earth but only managed a few pages -- those that I flipped through at the bookstore. Though I'll admit to making a few calls to locate the nearest store for Eat Pray Love after learning about it from the show (read my regret here). At one point, I was kind of searching for The Pillars of the Earth too.
Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven, was on Oprah today with his book (also a movie) For One More Day -- a story about a washed out salesman intending to end his life, granted a day to spend with his departed mother.
Only when they started to discuss this question did it get my attention, "If you could spend one more day with someone you have loved and lost, what would you do?"
"When it comes to the words people wish they could say to someone they have lost, Mitch has found that most answers are the same. 'Well, I would say a hundred percent say they want to tell somebody that they love them,' he says.
Mitch also says a missed apology seems to be a universal regret. 'You always think you're going to have more time to fix it...'
... Mitch says he thinks it is the everyday moments people miss the most. He begins For One More Day as an ordinary day — a mother cooking breakfast for her son. 'Because those are the moments that everybody sort of really does want back, if you've got another day back with somebody,' he says." ~ complete article on oprah.com.
I've heard about Mitch Albom's books-turned-movies before, but I rarely get Hallmark, so probably the book is not for me. But there is a lesson here, and it's sobering, and if it's up to me, I'll pretend it doesn't exist for as long as I can.
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