I love you, Marie Osmond!

I have loved Marie Osmond ever since I was a little girl.  I loved THE DONNY AND MARIE SHOW and, yes, I loved--still love--Donny, too!  I even had a Marie Barbie doll with this gorgeous purple dress.  It was the ONLY Barbie doll I had.  I loved it because it was Marie Osmond.

I continue to love both Osmonds to this day.  I own JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, which Donny was in, and I know all the songs!  Yes, I sing along whenever I watch it and I watch it as often as I can!

So when Marie's son died because he killed himself (just a few years ago), my heart broke for her.  Here was this woman who has lived such an incredibly charmed life, yet she's just as human as the rest of us and can be broken by sadness, too.  Marie's book THE KEY IS LOVE is a beautiful memoir not only of Marie's relationship with her amazing mother, but also the story of Marie's overcoming adversity in her life through love--not just the death of her son, but more (you'll have to read her book if you want to know more).

Marie shares her heart in THE KEY IS LOVE; she is open and honest and transparent about her own depression, her own failures as a wife, mother, sister, daughter, and entertainer, as well as about the tragedies she has suffered through, most of which have happened within the past ten years. 

Her writing style is fresh, friendly, and inviting.  I felt as if I was listing to my best friend share her heart.  She made me feel that if she and I are ever to meet (oh, I hope...!), that we would instantaneously be bosom buddies because she's of the Race of Joseph (read the ANNE OF GREEN GABLES if you want to know what the Race of Joseph means). 

If I thought I loved Marie Osmond before I read THE KEY IS LOVE, that love has grown by leaps and bounds through reading her wonderful memoir.  Don't walk to get your copy, run.  And then READ.