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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="0" align="right"></td> <td valign="top" width="100%" align="left"> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;font-weight:bold;" class="h3color tiny"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"><span style="margin-left:-5px;"><img border="0" alt="5.0 out of 5 stars" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-5-0._V47081849_.gif" width="64" height="12" /></span><strong>For families near and far...don't wait until it's too late.</strong>, January 4, 2010</div> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top">By </td> <td><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/AFBH7Z735OX33/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Reader's Choice Reviews <span style="white-space:nowrap;">"Reader'sChoiceRevie...<img style="border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;" class="custPopRight" alt="" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/carrot._V47081519_.gif" /></span></span></a> - </td></tr></tbody></table></div>In Borrowed Time, the latest novella from author MJ Daley-Prado, the dedication reads, <br />"For families near and far...don't wait until it's too late." This is poignant advice from <br />someone who has lost both her sister and mother to cancer in the past twelve years. <br /><br />Daley-Prado describes her relationship with her mother through the teen years and into <br />adulthood as changing to the point that Daley-Prado questioned whether her mother <br />loved or even liked her. As for so many of us, only when Daley-Prado became a mother <br />herself did she begin to understand how difficult parenting is. Lack of communication, <br />remaining sadness, and resentment lingered and continued to strain mother/daughter <br />relations. <br /><br />It wasn't until the death of her sister that Daley-Prado and her mother found a <br />commonality. The pair began to understand one another and became friends while <br />helping each other overcome the devastating grief. Shopping, lunches, and even <br />laughter became medicine for their shared pain. <br /><br />Just as Daley-Prado and her mother began to get their lives on track, tragedy struck the <br />family again when her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. After the diagnosis, <br />Daley-Prado brought her mother home for whatever time was left. During those last few <br />weeks, mother and daughter were able to connect on a level beyond anything <br />previously possible. Her mother's life was validated and there was a sense of closure. <br /><br />This story had a profound meaning for me, having lost my mother to cancer only five <br />months previous to reading Borrowed Time. Despite not being able to say goodbye or <br />how much I loved her, reading about Daley-Prado's fortunate blessing of reconnection <br />and closure helped me to understand the relationship I had with my Mother. The <br />message in these three dozen or so pages is clear. Life is short--take the time <br />necessary to mend relationship fences to find peacefulness in one's heart--before it is <br />too late. <br /><br />Borrowed Time is a must read for anyone who has recently lost a parent or has suffered <br />the news of a terminally ill loved one. I also highly recommend it to those struggling <br />with strained familial relationships. <br /><br />by William Potter for Reader's Choice Reviews </td></tr></tbody></table>