This book is about teensy-weensy firecracker love. Love that, when ignited, produces a burst of fireworks and lights up someone’s dark night. It’s about feet-on-the-ground, sky’s-the-limit, life-changing, world-engaging, mustard-seed love that grows from a hunch, an idea, a nudging from above–and then blossoms in the willingness of a heart to act on its sometimes-wobbly faith.Such audacious, … audacious, underestimated love–like the little engine that could from childhood–just keeps chugging along over “impossible” hills, shrugging off the naysayers, imagining the view from the top. The difference is: this tenacity in the human heart is what turns seeming underdogs and ragamuffins like ourselves into influencers and game-changers, right in our own communities, workplaces, homes . . . or wherever we go in the world.
May Pamela Capone’s often-hilarious observations and always-engaging experiences put a little fuel in your tank to help you get up and over, so you can see that all things are indeed possible . . . if you believe that Love can.
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Pamela Capone’s “The Little Love That Could” provides readers with an honest, touching look into the lives many of us lead. There is not a single essay or situation that will leave one untouched. Beginning with her story as a ragamuffin that is taken in by her foster parents, Capone describes how she felt she would never be loved or cared for yet throughout her life she becomes a most loving, faithful, compassionate woman.
I felt like I was sitting down with a long-time friend having intimate conversations over coffee. The majority of what attracts me to this read is Capone is never judgmental and accepts individuals for who they are, while at the same time learns something more about herself and her journey. While the author interjects numerous Bible scriptures, they are not so much that one feels like she is imposing one’s faith or higher power.
The essay “On Loan” hit my heart to the core. As a mother, I have the worry gene like many of us do and to be honest, it overwhelms me at times. There is only so much we can do to help our children through life and worrying isn’t going to change many things. As the author states, “My kids are not really mine, to begin with. They are on loan.” Meaning that we are just a temporary person who loves and care for them. In the end, they will complete the job God has chosen for them and will move on to his world.
Another essay that made me reconsider how we behave around those who have lost someone is “At Least It’s Not.” Often I, like many others, am at a loss of what to say around someone who is grieving for a loss that occurs. Normally, we say “Don’t cry, it will get better,” or we choose to interrupt to move to a different topic. We want to attempt to have them think of something else for just a few minutes. Instead, we cut them off and the knees with what makes us uncomfortable. It wasn’t until a few years ago I realized I don’t always have to say something. It’s ok just to be there with a hug or touch. People tend to do the same when someone wants to apologize; we brush it off by saying, “It’s fine, no big deal.” We as humans need to let others say what they need to say and feel what they need to feel without taking charge.
Life is never easy, but through examples, the author gives us the ok to stumble, make mistakes and reexamine ourselves, after all we are only human. “The Little Love That Could” is an easy read and one that empowers readers to take our days one day at a time and live them to the fullest. Trust me when I say, once you read Pamela Capone’s book, you will never the same again. I highly recommend “The Little Love That Could” to everyone: teens, seniors and both sexes. It is powerful yet warm and loving.