For One More Day

Good books make you read.

After the "heaven" book and the "tuesday" book, "For One More Day" is the one I carry around recently. Also a novel by Mitch Albom. This is significant as it is the third book by the same author in a month time, and it is actually the first novel (besides those highschool readings) I ever bought.

This is a book about a man and his mother. This man was once a famous baseball player. But on the day of his mother's funeral, he collapsed. He has never realized the importance of his mother to his life. His life started to fall apart when he indulges himself in drinking. One day, he decided to end it all. After 2 unsuccessful attempts, he went back to the house in his hometown. When he entered the house, to his stunning surprise, he met his mother ('s ghost). They spent a day together and he get to know more about his mother...

The story drifts between the present, the past and the incidents the man listed out as "times my mother stood up for me" and "times I did not stand up for my mother". The way he listed out the past incidents made me start thinking about my own relationship with my mother. There were in fact times she stood up for me and times I did not stand up for her. There were also times she stood up for me but I did not appreciate it. I'm glad that I can have such reflection now -- when my mother is still with me...