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Some of the most priceless gifts can be discovered while waiting for something else.We all spend precious time just waiting. We wait in traffic, grocery store lines, and carpool circles. We wait to grow up, for true love, and for our children to be born. We even wait to die. But while we work hard at this business of living, life can sometimes feel like one long, boring meeting. Even today, with instant gratification at our techno-laced fingertips, we can’t escape the waiting place. Somehow, in between our texting and tweeting and living and dying, we end up there again and again.In the voice of an old friend or a wise-cracking sister, Eileen Button takes us back to the days of curling irons and camping trips, first loves and final goodbyes, big dreams and bigger reality checks. With heart-breaking candor she calls us to celebrate the tension between what we hope for tomorrow and what we live with today. Chock-full of humor and poignant insights, these stories will make you laugh and cry. They’ll challenge you to enjoy―or at least endure―the now. As Eileen has learned, “To wait is human. To find life in the waiting place, divine.”Come discover miracles in the mundane. Come celebrate life in The Waiting Place.
OK, full disclosure first. I know the author's sister (Susie), who is mentioned in the book a number of times. It was Susan (as I know her) who told me about this book with more than a little pride in her voice. I adore Susan and told her I wanted to read it. She happily lent me her copy. I didn't know what to expect as I do not know the author, but what the heck, right?So I took the book home and laid it on my nightstand. The first night I read one story and thought, hey, this is pretty good. The next night I read another and then another. The more I read, the more I wanted. To me it was like a beautiful operetta. Sometimes poignant, sometimes humorous, always compelling. The stories aren't just about Ms. Button and her family; they are about all of us. Our everyday lives, our loves, our fears and our foibles. I could plainly see myself in so many ways.Then, like any great operatic piece, it rose to a crescendo until it wraps up with "Stella", the proverbial fat lady. Oh, wait until you meet Stella. No fair jumping ahead, though.As I read about Stella I felt the Power of God. He was telling me to give this book to another. But it wasn't mine to give, so I jumped online and purchased it. I remember a song from my daughter's youth; "Love is Better When You Give it Away". So as much as I love this book I simply must give it to that daughter of mine now. It begs to be given away.
