"Bits and Pieces of Love and Life!"
Every human life could be a book of vignettes full of
shared wisdom and experience. Such is the stuff of
conversation and private thinking anyway, isn't it? Carole Christie Moore Adams has set down her "story" for
all and it is a rich life indeed! It's the story about the
laughter, the tears, the simple, the complex, the mundane,
the noteworthy, the reading, the conversations, the rules,
the achievements, the failures, the friendships, the
illnesses, the treatments, the help, the fun and so, so
much more - but this book is really about ATTITUDE! For
Adams's book is about a couple who admit their weaknesses
and always strive to evolve into the best that humanity
has within its deepest essences. For example, in Snippet 007, the author tells us about her
mental therapy, her physical therapy and her hypnotherapy
but especailly celebrates the beauty of "rock therapy",
laying out a beautiful rock garden and the creative
process that emerges into such delightful appreciation.
It's a lovely description! In Snippet 058, Carole
describes the special language between a loving couple
and/or friends. Rather than get super mushy about the
whole thing, she keeps a humorous but endearing outlook on
the topic: "I'm sure there are other unique languages that
people use that I forgot to mention, and I hope you use
them. These special ways of talking bring people closer
together. So, in my opinion, if you never talk in some
unique way to your spouse and special friends (at least in
private conversations), you're just too old and stodgy to
have any." You need not read this book page by page in numerical
order but will delight in opening to any page on any day
and relishing the story and its inherent joy and wonder.
You may laugh or cry at each discovery, but you will
definitely relate to many of these snippets. And once you
get to the end of this book, you'll want to keep it and
return to some of these stories that make one want to
ponder one's own snippets! Fascinating and poignant indeed, Carole Adams! Reviewed by Viviane Crystal on January 17, 2005
Reviewed by Viviane Crystal
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted February 28, 2005
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