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a morning post

For One More Day by Mitch Albom

(i know how the library tag thing covers the title and uglifies the whole thing right? :/)

Life is good, cos I get the time to catch up on all the good books I've always wanted to lay my hands on but did not have the time to during busybee year 3. Now, I could happily read till way after midnight, sleep, wake up for brekkie, read to finish it up, and get sleep till I'm energetic enough to do this post (did I mention the feeling of 'naturally' waking up w/o the interruption of a buzzer/alarm is just, heavenly?), so life is good.

The book was a horrible tearjerker (you could say I cried throughout most of the pages), but nevertheless a great read. :) In short, a story of how a man got to (subconsciously) spend a day with his deceased mom (that's why i said subconsciously) during the lowest point of his life, and how she saved him. Very moved by the literally undying love of the mother in question for her son, or in general, all parents' love for their children. It's just that sometimes, we as children often do not seem to reciprocate with a love of the same intensity. (Yes, the book does make one feel guilty too) Which reminds me of a line in a TV drama where the actress questions at children who conveniently dump their parents in homes: 'Our parents are always ready to stand by/up for us whenever we need them, but why in times when they need us, we seemed to be so ready to throw them away?'. Do up a comparison chart of 'Times my mom stood up for me' vs 'Times I stood up/did not stood up for my mom', (the man in the story did) and one will notice the drastic imbalance between the two. The former would probably constitutes to a long, endless list.

It's sad how we only realized their importance in our lives when we need them, like in the case of the man in the story, or when they're gone. But the story is fictitious and in reality, not everybody gets to see their deceased parent when they are depressed or suicidal. I don't.

"Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back."

- For One More Day, Mitch Albom

Couldn't get more precise and accurate.

So bottom line, cherish and love your mommy and daddy!