"This can't be happening." I had goosebumps reading these words in the final chapter, imagining the confusion, shock, and hopelessness that Barry describes feeling when his daughter, a healthy young woman, suddenly became paralyzed from the waist down.
The final chapter, and its lesson to "be grateful for what you have. It's probably more than you think," stuck with me more than anything else in the book. Barry discusses the fact that nothing else seems to matter when a loved one is sick. All you want is for that person to be okay. Barry emphasizes the importance of keeping our problems in perspective, and appreciating all the good things we normally take for granted.
Is there one lesson that you feel is particularly important or that you will try to make a priority in your own life? As Barry says, these lessons are not original or new, but sometimes we need to be reminded to put down our phones, to be more present in our own lives, and focus on what's important, like the people we care about.
Please feel free to share any final thoughts you have about Lessons from Lucy. Thanks for following along this past month. Be sure to join us for the month of August as we read Becoming by Michelle Obama.
I had goosebumps reading these words in the final chapter, imagining the confusion, shock, and hopelessness that Barry describes feeling when his daughter, a healthy young woman, suddenly became paralyzed from the waist down.
The final chapter, and its lesson to "be grateful for what you have. It's probably more than you think," stuck with me more than anything else in the book. Barry discusses the fact that nothing else seems to matter when a loved one is sick. All you want is for that person to be okay. Barry emphasizes the importance of keeping our problems in perspective, and appreciating all the good things we normally take for granted.
Is there one lesson that you feel is particularly important or that you will try to make a priority in your own life? As Barry says, these lessons are not original or new, but sometimes we need to be reminded to put down our phones, to be more present in our own lives, and focus on what's important, like the people we care about.
Please feel free to share any final thoughts you have about Lessons from Lucy. Thanks for following along this past month. Be sure to join us for the month of August as we read Becoming by Michelle Obama.