Blog Post 2

In the past week I have read up to page 146 which is right before the chapter "The Fourth Person Eddie Meets in Heaven".  Since my last blog post many things have happened within the story, it starts off with Eddie arriving in heaven.  Mitch Albom has a very unique and interesting way of describing heaven.  He says that everybody has five specific people that they will meet in heaven that will help them learn why their lives on earth happened the way they did.  Eddie met a circus performer from Ruby Pier, a general that he was under command of in the  Vietnam War, and his father.  Each person taught him something new about himself and about his life on earth.  This story relates to my life because I now have been thinking about all the people that I have met and how they may have played a significant role in my life that I am completely unaware of.  Also I once saw an episode on Opera that talked about a similar theory as Mitch Alboms, the scientist believed that in the afterlife/heaven place a person watches over everyone they have left on earth after their death.  Not only do they just watch but as their watching they hear conversations that are exchanged by the people still on earth.  The old saying everything happens for a reason is the perfect fit for this story so far.  

Blog Post 1

I am currently reading a novel titled, "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom.  He also wrote "Tuesdays with Morrie" which I have not read yet but will most likely read next.  I am only 26 pages in but so far the book is very well written and is hard to put down.  It begins by talking about an old, lonely man named Eddie who works at the seaside amusement park.  He is the 'go-to-guy' of the amusement park; he does just about anything there.  Then there is a tragic accident where one of the rides breaks down and Eddie can't get there fast enough with his bad leg to help save the people.  He ends up falling, hitting his head, and dying right there.  The next chapter is titled "The Arrival", so I assume the arrival into heaven.  

After reading those first 26 pages I immediately thought about my grandpa.  I thought of him because he is an old man, who knows how to do just about anything!  And when I was reading about Eddie and how Albom described him I instantly pictured my grandpa.  This also is a connection because our family once took a trip to Chicago with my grandparents when my sister and I were much younger.  While we were there we visited the Navy Pier, which has right on the river and has a huge Ferris wheel and lots of music and food.  Reading about Eddie and him working at the seaside amusement park made me reflect back onto that memory.