Beautiful Blue Eyes

April 23, 2011 by 8 Comments

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I love this book.  It is just the sweetest thing, it will really melt you.  The prose is beautiful, and flows melodically.  It is a favorite of mine to read to Little at bedtime.  Marianne Richmond just says the most insightful and thoughtful things, that maybe we don’t think to say a lot, or often enough.   The author, who also wrote If I Could Keep You Little, began writing in an interesting way- she was diagnosed with a brain tumor (thankfully benign), the cause of numerous epileptic seizures through her childhood. During her five-week recovery period, Marianne created hand-painted thank you cards for her many well-wishers. With Jim’s, her new boyfriend, and friend’s encouragement, she decided to launch her own greeting card business, Marianne Richmond Studios, Inc.  As distribution for her cards increased, she decided to try her hand at writing a book, honoring her biggest fan, her now-husband Jim, with The Gift of an Angel.

Maybe it is because of this that she has such a gift with words, and that the words she chooses to say, in the way that they are used, are so amazing.  I have to say that I was touched as a mother.  This beautiful book would be perfect for your blue-eyed child, as a reminder that you love and adore them- even when we are too tired to find the right words to tell your little one.  We may not always know the right words to say to our babies- what can we do.  Long days, so much to do- sometimes, we are just not able to find the right words.  This is why I am grateful when I find something as lovely and well-written as Beautiful Blue Eyes.  Thank you, Ms. Richmond, for writing down the words that I want to say when I can’t remember how to say them. 
Thank you for this beautiful book.
Mommies of Blue-Eyed babies- this one is a keeper.  But if your baby is brown eyed- it’s ok, she already wrote one for them  🙂  (I have not read that one!)   There are plans for a Green-Eyed book as well. 
You can purchase the book, and other books by Marianne Richmond here. 
Happy Reading, and have a sweet, snuggely story time!  🙂

Disclosure- we received a copy of this book to review- all opinions are my own  🙂  

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Comments

  1. Wakela Runen says
    May 3, 2011 at 12:05 pm

    That sounds like an adorable book.

  2. heather says
    April 25, 2011 at 10:15 pm

    Such a sweet concept! Great review!

  3. ~SALLY~ says
    April 25, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    My daughter would love this book! She is sooo into reading and this looks like the type of book she would read over and over again. 🙂

  4. Katie says
    April 25, 2011 at 9:34 am

    You explained this in a way that made me want to jump to her website and see what she has to offer! It sounds like a great book and with Mother’s Day right around the corner this would make a great gift!

  5. Callista says
    April 25, 2011 at 9:00 am

    My kids have blue eyes! This sounds very sweet!

  6. Darcy says
    April 25, 2011 at 12:50 am

    This is a good book – but I need the brown eyed one! She really does put words together so beautifully!

  7. Amy says
    April 25, 2011 at 12:23 am

    The book really does sound wonderful, and Marianne has a beautiful story! So inspiring!

  8. Nancy says
    April 23, 2011 at 8:23 pm

    That sounds so sweet! Mine is brown eyed so I’ll need to go look for that one

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