The Mother's May Reads

The Mother's Reads for the month of May are below, and we hope you enjoy them as much as we did!

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No Ordinary Dog by Will Chesney

A passing comment from a friend caused me to step away from my usual book repertoire and give this one a try. What an honor to read this story. Will Chesney’s No Ordinary Dog is quite frankly a tribute to his beloved military partner Cairo, a Belgian Malinois/shepherd mix. More than brothers-in-arms, Will, a Navy SEAL, and Cairo trained together and worked together on the battlefield during many deployments to Afghanistan. This book does not shy away from very difficult subjects including the horrors of war, addiction, injury and death. It also does not shy away from the deep and beautiful love between a man and his best friend and the bond that was forged between them. I recommend this book not only for the SEAL Team stories but also to discover how both Will and Cairo saved each other, more than once, from life’s most difficult challenges. No Ordinary Dog is an overwhelmingly read. It will touch your heart.

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Would your life really be better if you had chosen differently? How heavy is the weight of regret? How powerful is the potential in what your current life has to offer? These age-old philosophical questions of life are beautifully displayed in this exceptionally clever book. With a deep dive into tough subjects including self-doubt, anxiety and suicide, The Midnight Library allows the reader to tackle the question “What is it that makes us truly happy and what would it look like if we were allowed to try again for that happiness?”

Please go read the full review at the BOTM blog post for The Mother.

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

“Life is our résumé. It is our story to tell, and the choices we make write the chapters. Can we live in a way where we look forward to looking back?”

Matthew McConaughey’s autobiography Greenlights, is an entertaining and often thoughtful read. No longer the teenager who got his start in a low budget film and first uttered the now catchy “all right, all right, all right”; McConaughey reveals himself to be a self-made man, both humorous and deep thinking, somewhat an intellectual. Far beyond what society magazines tell us to believe about him, Greenlights exposes an exceptional individual that is combination artist, poet, messenger, comedian, and wanderlust. Because Greenlights is painted a bit as a self-help book, my expectations were neutral. I was so pleased to enjoy it as much as I did. I didn’t consider it so much as a self-help book, rather a well-written essay on how McConaughey “helped himself” book. With surprising candor, honesty, and humor, Greenlights offers up a menu of sorts in which the reader can either chose to mimic McConaughey’s approach to life, or learn from it and make a shift in their own life – pivot – adjust – find their greenlight!

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