Tuesday, July 29, 2008
The Last Lecture
Many of you have probably heard or watched Oprah when she featured Randy Pausch, the man dying of pancreatic cancer. I listened to the rerun & have also checked the book out from the library. I am so completely amazed at this man's courage & example in the face of adversity. I want to grow up to be just like him. I encourage everyone to read the book. It has hills & valleys, emotional ups & downs, but very inspirational at the same time. I recently learned he passed away last week after a valiant fight against a type of cancer that is still deadly in spite of years of research. Once again a good man gone too early.
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I refuse to read it. I would cry the whole time. What is my deal with death? I am so sad to think anyone I love would die...It is so awful...I am glad you enjoyed it though. I wonder how is kids are?
I don't know if I will read it becuase I might not like to read through the valleys. I did like listening to it on google and I think I will work harder at being more like tiger. I find myself at times when times are tough to not be like tiger as much as I should.
This man showed grace and dignity in the face of the ultimate trial. He is an example of what is good in America and generally what is good in most people around the world. Thanks mom for bringing this to everyone's attention. I also wanted to comment on your blog page. It looks very nice, warm and soft, just like you.
I read the news that Mr. Pausch had passed away. I read an article about him in the Parade magazine, and I'm sure his book is very inspiring. He showed courage and humor in the face of death. Great example.
What is the name of the book, I will read it. I did see it on Oprah and thought it was cool. We should do a family book blog club where we read books that others suggest, we could learn a lot about each other, and read more books.
Hi Julianne. Good idea. The book is called "The Last Lecture." I know everyone is into the "Twilight" series, which is fine, but this book has little more substance. I prefer true life stories over fiction. So this book made it on my top 10 books ever list, "Twilight" didn't.
Hi! I am reading that book right now. It makes me cry because I know he is already dead. I say the special a few months ago and then a new one right after he died. There are dsome wonderful lessons about living and appreciating life that I need to take into my own life. I have also started reading "New Moon" which is the second in the Twilight series. I agree that "The Last Lecture" is much better. Melisa said she bought the latest in the Twilight series and read it in two days. I'm not into it that much!
I've heard such great things about this book. I really want to read it. I'm gonna add it to my list of books to read. Thanks for the recommendation.
I liked Julianne's idea of a family book club. I have always wanted to be in a book club from first hearing about Julie and Gary's book club stories, then mom's, then jen's (or jen's then mom's can't remember which was first) but always wanted to be in one and too shy to start one or not enough friends to get one started. I don't know how a family book club via internet would work but I'm sure some of the more savvy computer guinesses out there could figure it out! :)
I saw him on Oprah and I was so impressed with his "last lecture". It made me wonder what I would say to my kids in that situation. I definitely want to read this book. I was just talking to my kids about the difference between Twilight and some other books like Jane Eyre for instance. Twilight is great for entertainment purposes, and there's nothing wrong with that, but we ought to spend more of our time reading books that will uplift us and make us want to be better people. Kind of the good/better/best idea that Elder Oakes talked about.
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