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The beginning of the book grabbed me, too! I had to continually stop myself from flipping forward to find out what the heck had happened to Kim. When Bo was introduced, I found myself fighting the same urge to find out what had brought him to the airport.
the reaction of the young mother was sadly rooted in the reality of today's world.
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I am really eager to see what happens also!
THe reaction fo the young mother, I thought, was insensitive if she stopped and thought about the context of what Bo was doing. Still, we have to be careful when it comes to kids, especially ones we don't know! I think that scene addressed a tough issue.
My pastor mentioned in his sermon this morning that you should hug a kid at least once a day. Well, I work with kids all day and I love each and every one, but a hug is just not really a good idea! I wanted to raise my hand and suggest hugging a cat or dog in if you don't have an appropriate kid to hug!That works every time for me!
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I couldn't help noticing some similarities between this book and the last. Strong women returning home after being hurt by their signficant other.
Not sure if I'm liking Bo. The whole idea that meeting his son is strike #3 put me off.
I noticed that also. I liked on page 28 when Kim sits up straighter and thinks "Right here, right now, she can pick a new path for her life". Or page 31 when the healing power of time is mentioned.
Those thoughts stuck out in my mind because, in a similar way to Just Breathe, there is a momentum to move right on with life and create something new out of the wreckage. I love that attitude.
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I'm only about 40 pages into it and I already had my first Disney flashback. When she sees her mother's house, she thinks Pepto-Bismol color on the turrets. This immediately reminded me of a description of color of the castle at the 25th anniversary. I'm dying to find out more about the relationship between Bo and the son he never met. I'm really wondering what brought them to meet.
It reminded me of one of the buildings at Disney with lots of colors. I can't remember which, but it is near a pretty garden.
Another first impression! I will be reading all of these Chronicles! I love series that include glimpses of characters I already know. It is so comforting.
You are one step ahead of me! I think we'll be reading them together!
Not sure if I'm liking Bo. The whole idea that meeting his son is strike #3 put me off.
It's funny how a different point of view causes you to look at something in a new way. The "strike three" line flew right past me. And when I went back to find it, I had to re-read strikes one and two to put it all in perspective for me.
In the end, I'm not sure I viewed this statement as meeting his son was the third strike. I think Bo is wrestling with all the changes he is facing and attitude adjustments he will have to make. "Strike one - not every woman will fall at my feet. Strike two - 'no good deed goes unpunished'. Strike three - lost little boy who doesn't know me from Adam, not good!"
I don't know. Maybe I look at from a more PollyAnna point of view wanting to believe the best is yet to come, but I sure do like being given a different way to look at it all. Makes me see things from a different perspective!!
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I'm only about 40 pages into it and I already had my first Disney flashback. When she sees her mother's house, she thinks Pepto-Bismol color on the turrets. This immediately reminded me of a description of color of the castle at the 25th anniversary.
Now that is hilarious! While reading that section, I'm like, she must be crazy! Now I don't mind a little color, but it sure sounds like the neighbors would hate it!
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Bo definitely sounds like a player. But he seems to have heart -- he did try to help the strangers (Kim and Taylor Jane) at the airport. It will be interesting to see who he is inside. He sounds fearful of a son he doesn't even know, who has dropped unexpectedly into his life. What is the past with AJ's mother? What would cause him to not be a part of his son's life? .
And then there's Kim's mom. I was put off at first when Kim called for a ride and her mother basically said - but I'm busy. (cleaning up after breakfast). I'm like, yeah so. If my Dgang needed me, I'd be there. It took me back to my favorite poem that I turned into a little lullaby for my Dgang when they were young. I would rock them and sing:
"cleaning and scrubbing can wait til tomorrow
cause babies grow up I've learned to my sorrow
so quite down cobwebs and dust go to sleep
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep."
I wonder if it is just the way their family is or if there was some kind of rift between the two that they could not overcome.
But it made me sad, because it reminded me that my mom is gone and I cannot go home. So I envy Kim -- no matter what their relationship -- her mom is still there to come home to.
But it made me sad, because it reminded me that my mom is gone and I cannot go home. So I envy Kim -- no matter what their relationship -- her mom is still there to come home to.
Life experience definitely alters the way we view life and when reading our interpretation of the book. You may think you've dealt with an issue and then you're just reading along and bam it hits you.
"I wish we'd had time to forgive one another, Dad, she thought" - I literally gasped. My dad has been gone for 14 years and obviously I still have some work to do with that loss. And it looks like Kim and her mom have some work to do as well.
The opening of this book creates a momentum that something is happening. What do you think we are being set up for? Do you feel driven to read on, and why? Please don't discuss any information you find after chapter 4.
I liked the opening. Two different stories lines, not crossing but obviously related . . . but how?
The book seemed to remind me of the movie "For Love of the Game". I have heard that movie described as a chick flick baseball movie.
I very much want to keep reading . . . and I have.
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I must say that the acts of chivalry by Bo at the airport left me a little sad and frustrated. His actions were truly acts of kindness, yet both were viewed with suspicion. While Kim's reaction may have been rooted in her feelings of what she had just been through, the reaction of the young mother was sadly rooted in the reality of today's world.
I agree that today's society has caused the reaction after Bo stopped the young girl . . . but here was a momo asking for help and then when somebody did help she becomes indignant becasue it was a guy who stopped her child for her. Would she have reacted the same way if a lady had helped her out?
Kim's reactions were based on the events that seemed to unfold the night before but I am not sure that they would have ben different even without what we know about the night before. Bo was not dressed like the people in her life and any actions by him would probably have been greeted with the same reactions.
My pastor mentioned in his sermon this morning that you should hug a kid at least once a day. Well, I work with kids all day and I love each and every one, but a hug is just not really a good idea! I wanted to raise my hand and suggest hugging a cat or dog in if you don't have an appropriate kid to hug!That works every time for me!
I wasn't at the sermon but he probably meant hug a child at least once a day if you are in a position to be that emotionally close to them. No I would not suggest you hug every child that you cross paths with and I doubt that is what your pastor had in mind.
On page 20 the book reads "Bo felt himself tense up, and all his senses sprang to awareness with the kind of hyper vigilance he felt when he pitched in a ball game."
It is just like when Billy Chapel, in For Love of the Game, would say "clear the mechanism", that was his way of putting himself in the "zone".
I can attest that this is a strange feeling but during a game when I am coaching, I often hear the people in the other dugout moving things and look to see what is happening. At the same time, I sometimes don't hear my children run in and yell for me when they arrive at the park late. And Sandy can attest to the fact that my children are always the peak of my everything.
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Life experience definitely alters the way we view life and when reading our interpretation of the book. You may think you've dealt with an issue and then you're just reading along and bam it hits you.
"I wish we'd had time to forgive one another, Dad, she thought" - I literally gasped. My dad has been gone for 14 years and obviously I still have some work to do with that loss. And it looks like Kim and her mom have some work to do as well.
I didn't have a chance to read Just Breathe so this is my first experience with Susan Wiggs. You are plugging along with life in the book and bam! A simple phrase or sentence just takes you to another place and time. DH is a history buff and so he calls this type of book, fluff. And then he'll look over and see me laughing or a tear and he'll .
I found it very interesting when I found the reason for Bo finally meeting his son. I live in a border town, and unfortunately what they portrayed is an all-too-common reality-that a parent is detained for possible INS violations, while the innocent child has to find a home. Also, from personnal experience, I had to laugh at AJ's reactions to the cold and lack of clothing-preparedness.
Oh, and on a completely different subject, did anyone else notice that Kim got up the next morning and put on a pair of Crocs. I had to laugh when I read that.
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