IT’s MY CHOICE

A mother’s love is a kind of love that you will only feel from the person that you consider as your mother. In Mitch Albom’s latest novel, “For One More Day,” he has captured a perfect example of how a mother truly loves her child.

“For One More Day” is the story of Charles “Chick” Benetto, a former athlete who even made a World Series. After the death of her mother, Possey Benetto — he was away when it happened — he got so drunk everyday. This went on and on and it became a problem that caused him to be fired from two sales jobs. But this made him drink even more.

Because of this, his marriage with his wife, Catherine, started to collapse, and in due time, he had to move to an apartment but he still continued his vice. Years later, he found out that his daughter was already married. He was not invited to the wedding ceremony. His family, especially his daughter was trying to distance themselves from him. This made him decided to finish his life one night in early October…

And then, he met her mother who had been dead for years. He met the ghost of her mother. He surely had one more day to spend with his mother. In that single day, they roamed around their old neighborhood, Pepperville Beach where their house was proudly erected. And in that day, everything was revealed to Chick: what happened to her dear mom after she was sacked from the hospital, and the real thing that happened during the night before the corn puffs, when her parents decided to end their relationship.

I have to admit this, the first part of the book really bored me. Seriously, it took me months to finish this book. Nevertheless, I liked the book very much. Thanks to the sudden twist of events and its moral. It’s message was evident, we have to love our parents. We only live once, likewise, our parents. We need to make the best out of it because we don’t know where the end of the line was drawn and the chances are slim to have one more day with our beloved parents when they’re already dead.

Mitch said that this story is true, and he has checked into nearly all of the details.

It sounds implausible, but if Mitch Albom said it, I believe it.