My Story, My Song
Mother-Daughter Reflections on Life and Faith
Missy Buchanan, Robin Roberts, Lucimarian Roberts

Upper Room Books
February 28, 2012 / ISBN: 0835811077
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Reviewed by Carol Ann Culbert Johnson

I always like Robin Roberts on GMA, so I was pleased to be reviewing her book. I was very impressed with her spiritual background, and the strength of her mother's faith, and ability to raise her children. This book gave me an insight into the life of Robin Roberts, and what makes her tick, as well as how God played a major role in her family's trials and tribulations.

The story was told by her mother, and her reflections ran through the book. I felt like I knew Ms. Roberts as I took a journey with her growing up where racism was a major part of both her life, and especially her mother's life. It irks me that there used to be colored and white water fountains, and that black people couldn't eat in certain restaurants. I am so thrilled to be of another generation where racism might still a part of life, but not as horrific it was in the ancestral days.

Ms. Roberts lived on different military bases, and she got to travel the world because of her husband's military career. The many places she visited were an education for me. I can't imagine how it feels to get used to one place, and than have to pack up and leave, and start all over again, making new friends, and leaving old friends. I think about her life, and mine, and my life is unequal to her chaos, believe me.

Ms. Roberts introduced us to her four children, and her husband who passed away in his sleep, which was sad. Ms. Roberts also found out she had cancer, I was impressed by the trials and tribulations of her life, and the courage she exhibited. I also liked the spiritual scriptures; I was renewed in my faith too.

Ms. Roberts's retreats to the spiritual arena of holy ground at the West Middlesex Campground in Southwestern Pennsylvania-A Church of God, where members gathered for at ten-day spiritual retreat, were so inspiring and full of serenity and peace. I wished I could have been there to enjoy the solitude and appreciate my spiritual awakenings as she did.

I enjoyed this book and hated for it to end. It's a loving story of mother-daughter poetry in written form of life's conflicts and issues, and how God was the key to surviving the conflicts and issues. You will enjoy this passage of time as you go into the world of Robin Roberts and her family's journey.

So take a break and dive into a book of inspiration and spiritual awareness. It's very refreshing and a great read. It's a motivational escape into someone else's life, with a very interesting perspective.