The Gift of an Ordinary Day is a mother's account of raising her sons and what happens now that they are ready to leave the nest. The best way I can think of to put it is that it a book about growing up. The sons are growing, changing, becoming independent. The mother is trying to find who she is after years of being simply mom. How do you be a mom when your kids are leaving?
This book really touched me. The author helps you to realize that is the ordinary moments in life, the ones we take for granted, that we need to treasure. As Katrina Kenison shares with us her relationships, her dreams, and her hopes for herself and her children, she speaks to every mothers heart.
As the mother of an almost teenager I am beginning to see what people mean when they say that kids grow up in the blink of an eye. Wasn't it just yesterday that Tristen was toddling about? So, this book touched me deeply, as I realize my own children will be leaving us, sooner than I care to think about. I give it two thumbs up!
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This book appeals to me because the memoir is my favorite genre, but also the name of the book grabbed me. I have been complaining lately because my three kids have been irritating me, but maybe I should just be grateful for an "ordinary day".
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It appeals to me because I have 16 year old daughter and have thought about this subject for quite awhile now.
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We are empty nesters-but this book looks insightful to the cotinued days alone! Then there is the breaks,sickess, or chages in life plans where you are no longer an empty nester!!!
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This book appeals to me because I was just thinking about this subject today - the fact that we joke about not wanting our kids to live at home forever, but when they do leave the nest it is bittersweet.
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I'm trying so hard to remember to apppreciate each day with my children because soon enough they will be grown up and gone and I'll wonder if I made the most of the time I had with them. Any one day or week can seem interminable, but the years fly by so fast.
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