I LOVE BLOGGING. =]

We had an extremely loud and incredibly productive conversation today. It was MY idea first that when Oskar described 9/11 backwards it reminded me of when Billy was watching the video on Dresden and he saw it backwards. It makes both of them with that they could change a situation that simply cannot be changed. It also gave them both a very negative outlook on life. I was also very upset by the fact that the grandma left to live in the airport. Oskar already lost his dad who was the only person who really understood him and his grandma is the only other person that even comes close and she leaves him too. I thought that it was really selfish of her to do that to Oskar after all that he had been through. I was upset that the renter didn't tell Oskar that he was his grandpa. Of all times then was the time Oskar would need a grandpa. The end of this book was overall upsetting. I was also upset by the fact that when Oskar and his mom finally had a moment where they really came together and were close and she tells him that his dad called her on her cell phone when he was in the building that Oskar didn't show her the messages. Those were her husband's final words and he is so selfish as to hide them from his own mother. I really hope that the picture was of his dad. Even though digging the coffin up was REALLY messed up on a couple of different levels Oskar clearly needed that closure to move on from what happened so I suppose it was a good thing. The new book for Stuff That Has Happened To Me was also symbolic of him moving on and hopefully growing stronger from this terrible experience.