Before I Got Here: The Wondrous Things We Hear When We Listen to the
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- Synopsis
- NAACP Image Award–winning actor Blair Underwood collects the best of the profound words of America&’s children—including his own—in this touching collection perfect for sharing with loved ones.Blair Underwood, known to millions as a star of television and film, has delivered brilliant performances in Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker and as the voice of Makuu in Disney Channel&’s The Lion Guard, among others. But his proudest accomplishment is being a loving husband and father of three children who keep him in touch with the true meaning of life—not fame, but family. When Blair Underwood&’s young son told him the dream he had about &“the last night before there are no more mornings and no more nights,&” Underwood asked him, &“Who told you that?&” His son replied, &“God told me when he made me, but I only had one ear at the time, so I could only hear a little.&” Through conversations with family and friends, Underwood discovered how very often people have children who say things that have &“left them with their jaws on the floor.&” As a consequence, he and Donyell Kennedy-McCullough created a website as a destination for others to share their profound moments with children. The response from people all over the world was tremendous and led to the creation of Before I Got Here, a collection of the best of the conversations and stories from people&’s responses, revealing just how brilliant and spiritually in tune our children can be. Before I Got Here makes you smile in the tradition of Kids Say the Darndest Things, and inspires—with the wonderful photographs of children taken by coauthor Donyell Kennedy-McCullough—is a wonderful gift for ourselves and others, showing the inherent wisdom that children possess, with the power to astound us and change our lives.
- Copyright:
- 2005
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781451616354
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780743271509
- Publisher:
- Atria Books
- Date of Addition:
- 07/13/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Atria
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Self-Help
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.