Highly Recommended!

What's a obsessive-reader-girl to do? She has a trip but no time to hit the library. There's unread non-fiction in the house, but she loves a story for down time in airports and hotel rooms.

This weekend Moms in the Light in Peoria, IL took care of my dire problem. :) I tell you that those girls spoiled me absolutely rotten. It was positively daunting to come home and wash underwear again! They gave me a princess syndrome in two days flat.

In a goody bag of thoughtful gifts, they included The Same Kind of Different as Me. I got this jewel on Friday night, and I'm reporting this morning that I couldn't put it down. I'm done and ready to reread it.

There are so few books that I reread, because there are always so many more on my running list. The Same Kind of Different as Me is going on my very short re-read list.

For those of you that haven't read it, it's one of the most powerful stories of friendship and the power of unconditional love that I've ever read. You've got to have a copy---so on Wednesday I'm going to include another of my favorite excerpts and give away a copy for those that comment. Make sure to come back even if you have a copy. You may win one to give as a Christmas present!

Here's today's excerpt (this leads in to telling how Ron and his wife Debbie came into a relationship with Jesus:

"As it turned out, we had actually been labeled "lost," "nonbelieving," and "unsaved," possibly because we had no fish stickers on our cars. (Which reminds me of one friend who, though newly "born again," retained the bad habit of flipping off other drivers while barreling down the road in her Suburban. Even with her newfound religion, she couldn't control her middle finger, but according to her husband, the Holy Ghost prompted her to scrape the fish off her bumper until her finger got saved.)"

This made me laugh and laugh (out loud--on the plane--scary), but OUCH!! It's the kind of real, down-t0-earth look at faith mixed with humor that the book is chock full of.