Review: "WE ALL HAVE INTRINSIC VALUE, JUST BECAUSE WE EXIST"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2014
I think that very nicely sums up the Reed Brothers books by Tammy Falkner.  "Proving Paul's Promise" contains so many gems, I think it would make good reading for someone trying to find a way out of darkness.Once again, Falkner manages to bring the characters to life in such a way that it seems I am living the events with them.  She pulls no punches, again, insisting that we think about the connections that create families, and the fact that sometimes, those connections change.  And that fathers should take as much responsibility and action as mothers - "The true definition of manhood is doing what needs to be done when it needs to be done."  In spite of everything we try to do, life is not all fun and roses.  But if you truly love someone, you gather the little five minutes of roses, and when things turn rough, you get through them by remembering the roses.In the end, every one of these stories has at its heart two people struggling to re-define themselves as part of a permanent pair.  Despite the statistics, I think that this is a reasonable goal for people.  Falkner manages to make her couples succeed, generally against some not uncommon odds.  As Paul says - "She promised me she would love me forever when we married.  She promised me we could weather any storm that comes our way, and we have.  She can't promise me perfect, but she promised me her, and that's all I need."  And I am sure, had the words come from her, they would have meant the same thing.Ultimately, those sentences sum up what I have read of this series so far.  I think they sum up nicely what is probably a successful approach to marriage.