​We are always linked to someone somehow through something in some way, right? The lives we live affect, in some way, others. 

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When Alice said she wants to be a doctor, why did she have to put it on social media? It was for her mom. She was speaking from a place of loss. Therefore her mom gets to be shared with so many other people as well. He has a brother who somehow also connects people with his app MeWantThat. I feel the writer was intentional with that characterisation.

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Bill may have done it on a large scale using that app; but it’s so much more real, more feeling, MORE when connections are made on the ground. The impact is on the ground. 

The impact is in what relationship you create on the ground; in this reality. The time when Bob finally meets Vanessa; there is something he could not deny. No fear. A real true feeling he had that made him decide that he is going to be real, be raw and be seen. And then Vanessa saw him. She was not the most perfect either. But Bob saw her.

The book is truly just a light, colourful and fun book about connection, friendship and love. But mostly connection – with self, with people living and passed.

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For me, I resonated with Alice, her story of wanting to be a certain person for a deceased is how I used to feel with my late grandmother. I thought I would have to join her and be part of the family business. And maybe I will eventually. But I am insanely aware of my creativity and my need to create and do things that satisfy that part of me. So, I’m glad, like Alice I eventually grew out of that expectation that I honestly placed on myself for the longest time. The way that Alice is figuring her life out; the way she is alive. I respect that. She has a lil crazy temper; but oh so alive.

 

We’ll all have a very different connection with ourselves at various stages of our lives. Sometimes you will feel lost, you will not quite know yourself, you will feel bored with where you are and yearn for an even deeper feeling and meaning of life. Connecting with ourselves won’t always be perfect. It’s not supposed to be. But when we do, it feels so great to exist in the world because you have some understanding of how you are contributing to this place.

Because then when you connect with the external; you are aware and safe and all sorted internally. Not perfect; just aware.

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You will never get bored reading this one, especially with friends like Roxy and Pitterpat. I loved this read.