Honestly, the original concept and idea of the "God Box" is lovely and the fact that the author would want to eulogize her mother by writing such a book touches the heart. However, that being said, she should have waited until AFTER her mother passed away to read her eulogy to her! "I had already written Mom's eulogy and had read it to her while she lay in a hospice room. It's not that I wanted to jinx her. I just wanted her to hear how much we loved her."-(Quinlan, 15, 17). Quite insensitive on the part of her daughter to not think how that might feel to her dying mother. She may as well have just whipped out a copy of "As I Lay Dying" and read that to her as a bedside story. So thus, all things considered, the book only rates two stars in my opinion. Death is a very difficult subject to deal with, but some empathy, any empathy goes a long way. Unfortunately I feel that the book fell short in that area. I loved this book & plan to start a God Box of my own. I have always shared my worries with God & my own Dad who is in Heaven, at night before I fall asleep. But I think this is a great idea & hope to share the tradition with my daughter. On a side note, my farther was diagnosed with the same disease Mary Lou's mother had which struck a chord with me because when my Dad was diagnosed, not to many people had every heard of this disease. I poured myself into learning everything I could about it, I even frequently checked in with the Mayo Clinic for new experimental drugs that might help my father but unfortunately at his age, most drugs were not recommended. Thank you Mary Lou for sharing your families touching story.
