Raising Cole

Raising Cole: Developing Life's Greatest Relationship, Embracing Life's Greatest Tragedy: A Father's Story by Marc Pittman

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was a very good book for me to read right now, and I sincerely thank my friend Stan for recommending..insisting that I read it. My wife and I have two 2 year old boys at home.

Although my upbringing was not as rough as Cole's father, Marc Pittman, I struggle with trying to identify and remedy areas in which my parents fell short and replicate the love that was shown to me. This book is heart breaking to listen to him talk about how invested he was in his son and then lose him. It goes to show that our days are numbered and that we have to do the best with who we and what we have to offer.

This is a very honest book about everything that the author was going through. At times, it was heart-felt, it was brutal, it was arrogant, it was direct and to the point, and it showed the greatest love of all. The last few chapters had me glued to the binding, and there was no way I was putting it down before finishing it. I really enjoyed his descriptions on the "Dead Man's Talk" and can see that being something that I will adopt into my relationship with my sons.

It was hard for me growing up to really connect verbally to my parents and build that since of trust that no matter what I told them was proprietary between them and me.

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