The Chance, book #13

Yes, it has been nearly a month since I have posted and honestly I haven't read much in that time.  Our lives have been crazy with me working now, gymnastics twice a week, dance tryouts, two plays Rebecca has been in --- it's almost like I leave my paying job then go to my second job as taxi driver!!!  I know a lot of you all do it all the time with sports, but this has been our first foray into this world.  I'm pretty sure 86% of my meals this past month have been eaten in the car while driving!  But, the end is in sight with this next week being the last week of the show!!!

I don't have a lot of time to write about this book, but let me simply say that I liked the end, but it took a while to get there.  In the first of the story, bad things happen to the main characters, and it takes a long time for the redemption to come.  And as soon as it does come, the story is over!!  That was my take away. 

The day before a teenage Ellie moved from Georgia to California, she and her best friend Nolan sat beneath the Spanish moss of an ancient oak tree where they wrote letters to each other and buried them in a rusty old metal box. The plan was to return eleven years later, dig the box up, and read the letters. But now, as that date approaches, much has changed. Ellie has abandoned the faith she grew up with, her days consumed with loving her little girl and trying to make ends meet. Sometimes she watches TV to catch a glimpse of her old friend Nolan, now an NBA star, whose faith is known by the entire nation. But few know that Nolan’s own personal tragedies have fueled both his faith and athletic drive. Despite his success, Nolan is isolated and lonely, plagued by a void in his heart that has remained since that night beneath the old oak tree with Ellie. For both Ellie and Nolan, the coming date is more than just a childhood promise. It’s the chance to make sense of it all—the chance to find out if it’s ever too late to find love again.

Karen Kingsbury weaves a moving tale of heart-wrenching loss, the power of faith, and the wounds that only a forever kind of love can heal. She delves deeply into a theme that resonates within us all: Hope lives for those willing to take a chance.  (picture and description from amazon)

O:)
Melissa