Comments on: My Sister’s Keeper… a journey of the heart.

By: starry night

starry night — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:09:26 +0000

I laughed from the beginning to the end, Bruno was outragious!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:29:58 +0000

I was sorely disappointed by this movie. I have to say that if you haven’t read the book you’re truly missing out on the entire story that Jodi Picoult had in mind.

The movie was Kate’s story… the novel was Anna’s. And the new ending did absolutely no justice to the complete irony of Picoult’s ending… that in trying to save one daughter she lost the other forever.

Aside from that… I think it’s good to consider the story from every single point of view and I think that’s why it was so wonderful that in the book Picoult shared them all. There were times throughout the book when I hated Anna’s character for being selfish and other times when I thought I could totally understand her need and desire to do what she was doing. And the mother… the same. She wasn’t innocent of selfishness either. But aren’t all mothers selfish to some extent?

I would highly recommend reading the book though. If you think the ending of the movie was that it’s never over… I think the book would be even more surprising to you.

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:12:51 +0000

Amber Thank you for your words on giving and not understanding how people can say “if you need ANYTHING just let me know” and then…well you know the rest, I have been looking for those words for a long long time…your not alone in those feelings…I realized that while I sat alone in an isolated hospital room with my oldest son…No one came…people actually snapped at me and gave me an attitude while I sat there alone not knowing if I was going to leave there with a healthy son…

By: Katie Johnson

Katie Johnson — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:57:01 +0000

You couldn’t have written this post better…..I couldn’t have written it better. I recently read the book, but I can’t bring myself to see the movie yet. I let someone borrow the book and they had totally different feelings about it than I did. For those of us who weren’t sure if our baby was going to make it one more day, for those of us who have a child who is chronically sick and are constantly waiting “for the other shoe to drop”, the book really summarizes our lives. We just try to get through each day. We try to make sure today is not “the day” and be prepared in case tomorrow is. I think there are many of us in this situation that want another child, but feel that we can’t because we need to focus 100% on getting the sick child better. But, when something as simple as cord blood from a baby could heal your sick child, it makes that decision of having a baby a lot easier. It’s a hard ethical decision because where do you draw the line?
I think this book has made me open my eyes more to my “other” child. I don’t know what I would do if I had one child essentially keeping the other alive. But I do know, for those of us with chronically ill children, it’s a good reminder to take time and enjoy life with your healthy kids too.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:12:58 +0000

I can totally relate to all that you have said. I agree with you Amber that in an instant if Maggie needed bone marrow or a kidney and my other children were a match I would not hesitate. Its never wrong to bring a child into the world, even if the purpose is to save the life of another child. I know so many families with children with Fanconi Anemia that have to face this decision. It doesn’t mean that their child that they brought into the world means any less. They are still loved. Just that the one child has a much greater purpose.

Anyways Iknow what you mean about people in general. We have faced the same as well. So many people who have said ” if you need anything let us know’ and then when you do they are all of a sudden to busy for you. I know after Maggie was born no one helped us.Well my mother in law would watch my other girls when we had to take Maggie to a doctors appointment.But all the so called friends we had never once called and took my other girls to play , no one ever cooked us a dinner after being in the hospital for weeks at a time. Yet when those people had crisis arise in their families we were there giving a dinner or having their children to play. I still do this. But for those that I do know will appreciate it now. For my new circle of friends that I have that DO get it.

By: Amber

Amber — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:25:01 +0000

Leslie, thanks for chiming in! See this is where you have to see the movie! There is a lot more to the story than meets the eye. Truthfully… if Kyleigh were to loose her kidney and need a sibling to give her one…. I have to be HONEST in saying I would have another child if need be. I also think that anyone who has NOT been put in a life or death situation with their child really cannot know what they would or wouldn’t do until they stand in those shoes. I think likewise… bringing a child into the world, no matter how, or when or WHY… is NEVER wrong. What you begin to realize is that you love your children equally. In the movie although the “concept” of why Anna was conceived is to donate to her sister… her life is no less valuable or “wanted” because of it. Its an emotional journey for the family in realizing this.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:14:26 +0000

I read this book but haven’t seen the movie. While I can’t relate the way that you can, I do think that it wasn’t right for them to bring a child into the world solely to give to the other daughter (blood, etc – I don’t remember the exact details from the book). What about that child’s quality of life? I can’t blame the mom for doing whatever she can to save the older daughter but I wonder what that says to the younger children.

It is a hard battle to fight and there is no right or wrong, you just do what you have to do to survive and hope for the best.