Month: December 2011

Super Skyler


I found this blog last year around this time of year because the radio station I listen to in the morning does a Secret Santa at Christmas time and this lady was chosen as one of the families that they were helping.  After I heard her and her son’s story on the radio I started reading there blog.  Let me just say in the year I have been reading their blog her son Skyler has truly become my hero.  I have watching him fight and fight.  I am amazed that someone so young can keep smiling having gone through everything he has gone through.  I know there are adults out there that couldn’t deal with what this little boy has.  He was recently granted a wish for Make A Wish Foundation.  He wanted a game room so they made him one.  Seeing the joy on his face made me smile.  It was so good to see him happy and smiling.  Right now he is doing so well and I hope that it stays that way.   You really need to go check out his mom’s blog and read his story.  He is an amazing little boy with more courage that I have as an adult.  My one Christmas wish this year is that he has many more birthdays to come!

“This post is sponsored by American Cancer Society.“

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My Favorite Channel

Thanks to Jonathon Woods

My favorite night for watching TV is Sunday. Both HBO and Showtime have great shows on that I absolutely love. I look forward to Sundays all week and even make a special meal for my husband and I so that we can relax and enjoy our shows. It was so great when I switched to direct tv newhall because I could actually afford to get both channels. I never had them before because it was just too darn expensive. When I had cable I couldn’t afford to have the channels so I couldn’t watch any of them and it drove me crazy. I used to wait anxiously for the DVDs of the completed seasons to come out so that I could finally watch the shows. I got so sick of doing this since somehow the endings would always get spoiled for me. Whether it was at work, or one of my friends said something in front of me, it always seemed to happen. Now I am so glad that we finally have our favorite channels. I get to watch right when the new episodes come out, and no one can spoil them for me anymore!

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Book Review-The Girl in the Box

Back Of Book

Caitlin Shaughnessy, a Canadian journalist, discovers that Inez, a traumatized young Mayan woman originally from Guatemala, has killed Caitlin’s psychoanalyst partner, Dr. Jerry Simpson. Simpson brought the girl, who may be autistic, back to Canada as an act of mercy and to attempt to treat her obvious trauma. Cailin desperately needs to find out why this terrible incident occurred so she can find the strength to forgive and move on with her life.

Inez, whose sense of wonder and innocence touches all who meet her, becomes a focal point for many of the Canadians who encounter her. As Caitlin struggles to uncover the truth about Inez’s relationship with Jerry, Inez struggles to break free of the projections of others. Each must confront her own anger and despair. The doctors in the north have an iciness that matches their surroundings, a kind of clinical armour that Caitlin must penetrate if she is to reach Inez.

The Girl in the Box is a psychological drama of the highest order and a gripping tale of intrigue and passion.

My Review

When I read the back of the book this book made me think of the movie “Nell” but once I started reading the book I realized that it was nothing like that movie.  I had the same idea of a feral children but other than that they are totally different.   The books starts when Jerry was in Guatemala and finds Inez.  The book then jumps to the present day when Caitlin finds out that Jerry was killed Inez.  It jumps back and forth quite a bit as Caitlin starts to write a book and looking into why Inez killed Jerry.  Lets just say that I never saw the book ending how it did.  Even now while I am writing this I am still in shock about how it ended.  The author does a great job keeping the person interested and making you feel like you are there with the characters.  I couldn’t help but like Inez and even feel bad for her.  I know that most people would find this book interesting if you like mysteries and/or thrillers.

  FTC- I received a complimentary copy of “The Girl In The Box” for this review and I received no other compensation.  The opinions expressed in the post are mine and only mine.

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