“‘You’re a good mother,’ Addie says suddenly. I look down at her, shocked. ‘I see that now,’ she continues, eying me with a hint of surprise. ‘You put up with a lot of crap, mainly from your husband, but somehow you manage to keep things together. You wanted to slap that woman in the bathroom, and maybe you should’ve, but I can’t really fault you for having self-control.’ As the elevator doors open, she steps inside and turns to me. ‘Parents can really screw their children up, but I think you’re the kind of parent who makes her children have better, happier lives. I wish all parents were like you.’ I stare at her, shocked by this sudden outpouring. ‘Are you coming?’ she adds. ‘I really think we should get home now.’ She looks around at the elevator’s interior. ‘These things are so shiny and neat. And so full of potential.’”

I read a fiction book called The Death of Addie Gray, a supernatural thriller about a nine year old little girl who suffers an accident while out with her mom one day and is in a comatose state for nine months. She finally wakes up and her mom is beyond thrilled, of course, what mom wouldn’t be when her baby wakes up after nine months being comatose! She wasn’t expected to ever wake up and the doctors kept encouraging the family to have the life support terminated.

But when Addie wakes up, she claims she isn’t Addie, that she’s another girl, an older girl.

There won’t be any big spoilers here, just so you know.

So this mom has to face the possibility that just maybe the soul of another girl inhabited her daughter’s body while her daughter was comatose and that maybe her daughter’s own soul has vacated the body.

This mother is not very spiritual and doesn’t really believe in ghosts and stuff of that sort so it’s difficult for her to entertain these thoughts. It’s a horror novel written by author Amy Cross.

The quote above is out of the book.

It’s one of my favorite scenes in the book because it’s so inspiring how the one character, a young girl, beautifully, genuinely compliments this woman.

And what greater compliment for a mom to receive than being told she’s a great mom! 😀

I find it inspiring for two reasons. One, it’s always inspiring when a woman\girl genuinely compliments another! We really should consider doing that more often, wouldn’t that be great?! Also, it’s inspiring to see that this woman is a great mom who contributes to her daughter’s happiness and helps her grow and lavishes nothing but love onto her. We can do this for everyone we encounter whether or not we are a parent. Let’s help others grow, focus on their strengths, accept their weaknesses, build each other up, like a mother does for her child.

This is a horror novel, gory in some scenes, scary but also inspiring in some ways. The mother’s fierce love for her daughter is evident all throughout , she puts her daughter first during the nine month ordeal and after she wakes up. Every waking second is spent making sure her daughter is safe and healthy, before, during, and after the nine month long nightmare.

So even in gory horror novels and movies there may be little gems of inspiration scattered about.

Also, I love how the character , quoted above, is in awe of elevators , a mundane aspect of life we probably think nothing of each day. This reminds me to give thanks more frequently for inventions & discoveries we encounter each day but often overlook. Imagine if air conditioners , cars, cell phones, elevators, seat belts, public transportation, fans, Internet….were never invented. Imagine if electricity was never discovered. Let’s look at the world with new eyes and give thanks for everyone & everything and lavish love onto everyone we meet. 💕

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Much love & light to you,

Xoxo Kim