While waiting to catch The Blind Side in the 2-dollar theater, I decided to spend the money we saved on movie tickets to buy the book by the same name and on which the movie is based on, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game.
What a great idea. This is an amazing story and the book (as usual) always provides so much more background than a movie can do, although I was really impressed by the structure of the movie.
We all have seen the previews. A rich white mother sees a poor black boy and bring him home. In the book, it was the husband who saw Michael Oher first and paid upfront for his lunches at the private school, Briarwood, then quickly added himself as Michael’s medical/parental contact without his wife knowing. In the book, Sean Tuohy, the father, has already stepped outside of his private school father culture to help black students. That’s why the book is a must read, even if you’ve seen the movie.
It shows what can be done when we try to look at things (and other people) in a different way than we always have. It shows what can be done when we really, truly believe.
Believe in what? Love. It’s a force that I did not realize was so powerful. It’s a force Leigh Ann Tuohy did not realize was so powerful. It’s what Michael Oher taught her and what the book and movie taught me. I don’t know everything. I am not God.
I don’t care if a person believes what I do. I don’t care if a person won’t read a Bible because to them it only represents pain. What I care about is this: my God told me to love them no matter what.
It sure changes things.
Grade: A+
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