Traveling with Mama

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Summary: A Wonderful Journey Down Memory Lane and Beyond, with Mama
Review: What a really wonderful book. I, myself, am not much of a reader, but I came across this book kind of by happenstance today, straight out the hands of Sara W. Manis, on a trip with my own children, in hopes of making one of those heartfelt memories with my own kids. I began reading this book on the journey back home from our outing, and I absolutely could not stop reading it ( that was until it got so dark in the car), but once home, I picked it right back up and didn't put it down,(except to run to the bathroom to get some tissue paper for the tears streaming down my face and of course to wipe my now runny nose). The book takes you places with Sara and her savy conscious mother, down a road in the past, and in the mind of the aurthor. Lessons learned along the path, paved the road to the future,and lets us know who we are and exactly how we got there, (nine times out of ten, with the ending words of a mother,.... "I TOLD YOU SO".) The book is so much more that just memories of travling, but of an empathic caring soul who loves to live life to the fullest and teaches others that living means learning to enjoy the simpliest of lifes precious gifts, and for the most part... free for the taking. This is a must read book for all, especially daughters, who have that special mother/daughter bond, even if time or circumstances have tugged at the seams alittle. No matter the situation, this book will bring the closeness back, even if its in your own heart now. The hardest thing is admitting your wrong in your beliefs and standards that you set for yourself, but like Sara said,it's a hard lesson:"convictions sometimes lose their firmness, their strength blurred by reality, when they strike us where we are most vulnerable, and that to me is in the heart and soul.