My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult

I love this book and I am only on page 68.  It has 500 pages.  So I hope that I can continue to say that as the story progresses.  Today I had a doctor’s appointment and for once I remember to bring something to read while in the “waiting room.”   I loved the story about Kate and Anna sharing a room and drawing a line down the room.  I shared a room with my sister and we were always drawing lines to separate our individual sections.  To tell a little bit of the story – a line is drawn and the room is divided.  The sisters make a promise not to cross the line.  Anna is so proud of herself to have all the toys.  It was not until dinner was called and Kate could leave the room that Anna saw the flaw in having all the toys.  But I was especially touched by the mom’s response when she discovers the drawn line.  She brings up potholders so that they could be lily pads for Anna to jump on to get to the door.   Then they both proceeded to jump on the lily pads until Anna was to the door.  At that age Anna was confident that following her mom was the surest way out of the room.  Anna is so trusting in her mom at this stage in life.  I wonder when did I stop trusting in my mother.  When did my daughter quit trusting in me?  Does this happen when you discover that the person you trusted in is human and makes mistakes? And that a person who makes mistakes is no long worthy of trust?  So much to ponder!