In his book for one more day, Mitch Albom chronicles a compelling story about a man named Charley Benetto. Charley is divorced from his wife, estranged from his daughter and crumbled by alcohol and regret. He decides to take his own life and make a last trip back to his hometown to do it. As he reaches the town, he has an car accident and encounters his mother who died eight years earlier.
The book alternates between Charley's youth and the present day with his mother. It is the day so many of us wish for -- the chance to spend one day with someone we've lost -- the chance to learn about things we wished we knew, to say the things we never said. His mother says to him "Have you ever dreamt of someone who's gone, Charley, but in the dream you have a new conversation?" The day Charley spends with his mother gives him an insight he never had and a chance to decide whether to live or die.
An amazing book that left me in tears was both tragic and uplifting. I highly recommend it.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Friday, June 1, 2007
OUR SECOND INTERVIEW AND TELECLASS
Well, we just sent out our second newsletter and if you read it you know that this weeks interviewee is Mary Caprio. We're starting our interview series with the founders of Your New World Coaching so that you know our stories and may better understand why we felt compelled to start Visions and Your New World Coaching.
As before, we will be continuing the interview on June 12, 2007 at 7:00 PM EDT. The call-in number is 1-641-297-5800 and the code is 071206#.
YNWC: Mary, I know you're a widow and that you've remarried. When did your husband pass away?
Mary: October 26, 2000.
YNWC: Was it sudden or a long illness?
Mary: He'd been sick for 2 1/2 years and for two of those he required home care which I provided.
YNWC: Were you working at the time?
Mary: I was working and had to leave my job to take care of him.
YNWC: How did you feel about that?
Mary: Part of me was glad that I was able to do it and part of me was scared of the financial impact on my family and part of me was resentful that the life we had started to build had to come to an end.
YNWC: When did you first realize that he wasn't going to make it?
Mary: On May 29, 1998 the day that he was diagnosed.
YNWC: What was your feeling?
Mary: I lost my brother to leukemia a year and a half before and Doug's cancer was non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and I knew the success rate was not good.
YNWC: When Doug died, did you think you would remarry?
Mary: No, never. Doug and I talked about it and he said I should remarry that I was good at it and it would be a shame for me not to. I said no, never!
YNWC: What changed?
Mary: I was tired of going to the movies alone. I was roaming around the house at 3 AM with nothing to do so I was on the Internet a lot. This was before pop-up blockers so Match.com kept popping up and I thought I would find someone to go to the movies and out to dinner with.
To hear the rest of Mary's story and more importantly how she has become the person she now is, listen to our Teleclass on Tuesday, June 12th at 7 PM EDT. The call in number is 1-641-297-5800 and the code is 071206#.
Never been on a teleclass, email us if you need more directions.
As before, we will be continuing the interview on June 12, 2007 at 7:00 PM EDT. The call-in number is 1-641-297-5800 and the code is 071206#.
YNWC: Mary, I know you're a widow and that you've remarried. When did your husband pass away?
Mary: October 26, 2000.
YNWC: Was it sudden or a long illness?
Mary: He'd been sick for 2 1/2 years and for two of those he required home care which I provided.
YNWC: Were you working at the time?
Mary: I was working and had to leave my job to take care of him.
YNWC: How did you feel about that?
Mary: Part of me was glad that I was able to do it and part of me was scared of the financial impact on my family and part of me was resentful that the life we had started to build had to come to an end.
YNWC: When did you first realize that he wasn't going to make it?
Mary: On May 29, 1998 the day that he was diagnosed.
YNWC: What was your feeling?
Mary: I lost my brother to leukemia a year and a half before and Doug's cancer was non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and I knew the success rate was not good.
YNWC: When Doug died, did you think you would remarry?
Mary: No, never. Doug and I talked about it and he said I should remarry that I was good at it and it would be a shame for me not to. I said no, never!
YNWC: What changed?
Mary: I was tired of going to the movies alone. I was roaming around the house at 3 AM with nothing to do so I was on the Internet a lot. This was before pop-up blockers so Match.com kept popping up and I thought I would find someone to go to the movies and out to dinner with.
To hear the rest of Mary's story and more importantly how she has become the person she now is, listen to our Teleclass on Tuesday, June 12th at 7 PM EDT. The call in number is 1-641-297-5800 and the code is 071206#.
Never been on a teleclass, email us if you need more directions.
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