God Box, The: Sharing My Mother's Gift Of Faith, Love And Letting Go (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
It was pretty obvious that this volume was put together with layout help from a magazine employee (RealSmart), because it felt like a magazine--artsy photo layouts interspersed with the text, lines of emphasis brought out in larger font (which I really am not a fan of, by the by; if I've read the regular text, I don't want to read it again in excerpts on the same page), and gloss over the whole. It's a very quick read, an interesting idea, and very much like a Hallmark film to give you the warm fuzzies.One of my biggest blocks to really liking this (other than it being, well, warm and fuzzy) is that I can't wrap my head around the relationship of Quinlan and her mom. My mother and I don't really get along that well, so to read about a mom basically one step below God (if that many) in her daughter's eyes was weird and fantastical to me.So the verdict is that it's cute. There's no profit in going to this on a theological level, or a psychological level, because that's not what it's meant for. It's a celebration of the love of a woman for her friends and family, and that's just nice. Won this on a GoodReads Giveaway. I read this book in one sitting, in about an hour. It is very well written, reminded me slightly of The Wednesday Letters. I am not close to my mother. I don't think she was ready to be a mom when she had me. She and my dad divorced when I was young and my mom started dating and lived her "teen" years when I was living mine. I think this is one of the reasons we are not close. I am now grown and have 4 kids of my own. I think I am a pretty good mom, but this book wants me to be a better one. It has great advice for teaching your children to be good people.My husband and I have been married for almost 14 years now and the advice that Mary Lou's father gave her for a successful marriage do not apply in mine. We broke two of the three rules! :) We have vacationed with other couples and have had fun, we have most definatley talked about each other's family (never anything to bad though), happily, we both take responsibility for making the marriage work.Though, Mary Lou's mother was Catholic, she would have made a great Mormon. I think the older Mary beleives she will be with her family forever, even in Heaven, this is a firm belief of Mormon families. I can just imagine the work the Finlayson's are doing in Heaven, I am sure they are every bit as busy there as they were on earth, probably more so.Thank you Mary for the book, it was a good read and I will definatley borrow my copy out so others can enjoy.
What do You think about God Box, The: Sharing My Mother's Gift Of Faith, Love And Letting Go (2012)?
Small yet inspirational book about letting go and letting God.
—princezgem
