Review: Most powerful book I have ever read.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 25, 2013
I was given this book by the author in exchange for an honest review.  I must say she gave me more than a book, she gave me a gift by letting me meet Suki.While reading this book I came to the end.  My heart was breaking for the characters, I was already feeling the tears running down my face.  I was thinking of my friends who had suffered the same situation as this couple, my grief over losing my own father back in 81 and I read this....."I urged her to rest.  I let her know that she would need all the strength she could muster to survive these two tremendous losses in such a short period of time.  But I also told her that the payoff would be that she would always know exactly what love looks like.  She would be able to bring it to other people's lives and have a tremendous impact on them.I said that she would not be the one to bury Daddy, and that it was better this way because she would never be able to handle it, and all that she came here to do would be washed away in her grief.  Instead, I told her, the loss of my dad will remind her not to waste time on fear and sorrow because nothing is more important than the quality of  time that she has with her loved ones on Earth.I wished her great happiness, and assured her that all is well and she will forever be loved."This book will make you cry, it will make you think about what you are doing with your life right now. Most of all it will make you think of those you have lost and what valuable gifts they gave to you while they were here.  Those gifts can't be taken from you, they can be given the chance to grow to the point you must share them with others. The other option is you can give those gifts away to the sea of grief and they will be lost forever.  It is okay to move on and live life again.  This is what they want us to do, take what they gave us and be happy.  This was a powerful book, I am so glad I listen to that nagging voice telling me I must read it today because it gave me what I needed.