Review: Such a beautiful Story of Love, healing, and doing hard things!!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 18, 2014
This is such a sweet story.  I enjoyed reading it so much.  It also hit a little close to home on a few issues.Lauren is an amazing woman/character.  The author did a great job of making her so lovable and so beautiful.  Paul, Lauren's husband is a jerk...I mean jerk of all jerks.  I think the author did a great job of making him a jerk :).  That sounds funny, but there always has to be someone you don't like right?  I think so.  Well Paul was my DO NOT LIKE in this book.  He brought the meaning of "jerk" to a whole new light.When Lauren finds out she is pregnant she is so excited.  She and Paul had been trying for two years, and had been unsuccessful.  When she finds the positive lines on her pregnancy test she cannot wait to share the news with Paul.  Soon after finding out she was pregnant she finds out that the baby will be born with a birth defect.  Her looser husband cannot deal with it and wants her to terminate the pregnancy.  When Lauren decides she cannot Paul leaves her.  Seriously..PIG.Lauren moves back home with her mother and runs into an old crush she had in high school by the name of Ethan.  Let's just say Ethan makes up for the jerk ex-husband.  He is kind, and handsome and loving.  He is just what every woman needs in a man :).I found this book a little hard to read at certain times.  I had a very hard time getting pregnant, and reading her struggle, brought back a lot of memories.  I ached for her, and she isn't even a "real" person.  I also have a nephew with the same birth defect her baby has, and he is one of the most beautiful human beings alive.  The fact that her husband leaves her because of it breaks my heart.  Kids with downs are amazing children who are beautiful, and love unconditionally.  They deserve all good things.  Just like any child, but a child with special needs deserves just a little more love because life is hard for them.  I thought the author did a great job of helping me feel the struggle Lauren was going through after she finds out about her baby.Raising a child with special needs is difficult, and takes a very special person to do it.  When the option for termination came up, I thought I would throw my book.  When is it ever okay to abort a child, just because they didn't turn out like you wanted them to.  My heart ached.  It really did.This book is such a beautiful book, about love, healing, kindness, friendship, and learning to do hard things.  It was a clean, sweet book.  The beauty of a special needs child is such a wonderful thing.  Lauren is a beautiful character.  I loved her family in this book.  She had such a great support system.  I know how important that is when you have a new born, special needs or not.  This book is such a great example of unconditional love.  I cannot even tell you how much I loved this book.  It was just so sweet.  It was heart breaking at times, but in the end it wraps up in a pretty little bow, which is what I ALWAYS want in a book.  This author did not disappoint.The writing is beautiful.  The story is beautiful.  The characters are beautiful.  This book is just plain good.