I'm currently reading an interesting book called Do-Over! Authored by Robin Hemley, Do-Over! recounts forty-eight year old father of three and college professor Hemley's return to certain pivotal moments in his past. We're talking kindergarten, summer camp, the prom and other events from his life that left Hemley with a boatload of unresolved painful memories.The book's premise is that Hemley takes a select series of semi-traumatic, somewhat painful and often embarrassing occurrences from his childhood and does them over... that is, he attempts to push the "replay button" on these events in order to bring a positive resolution to them. It's like when you playing basketball with a friend... and you shoot and miss not only the basket, but the backboard, the side of the house--and you request a do-over.
I won't give away any more of Do-Over! should you decide to read it. But haven't we all at times secretly wished we could do what Hemley attempts? I'll leave you with this quote from the book: "I know you can't change the past, but you can change the way you think about the past."
What would you like to do-over?
