You ARE Beautiful....What songs can you add to this list?

Lizzie Velasquez's little book CHOOSING HAPPINESS is exactly what you expect when you pick it up.  It is WELL worth the read.  My heart aches over the ugliness of the ignorant people who called her "the ugliest woman in the world" and then the rest who posted cruel comments in response to such a video.  But Lizzie demonstrates a strength beyond anything expected of someone so tiny as she is able to love and forgive the haters and prove that while she may not be the most attractive of women on the outside (although, she's gorgeous to me), she's incredibly wonderful and beautiful on the inside--where it REALLY COUNTS.  Thank you, Lizzie, for sharing your story and for making a difference in a world where ignorance sometimes
equals cruelty.

A few music videos that I think go along with Lizzie's theme:

"All About the Bass" by Meghan Trainor, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk

"Try" by Colbie Caillat, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXoZLPSw8U8

"Beautiful" as performed on GLEE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaCUyUuy1Lc

"You Can't Stop the Beat" from HAIRSPRAY, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K54VMAmjNSk&list=FLtVvRBaP6K-Li42iqDtFZ-g&index=14

*What other songs/poems/etc. can  you add to this list????

The Terrible-Awful-Wonderful Book

Nicholas Sparks, I have a love/hate relationship with your books.  I hate so much the body-shaking, soul-deep, heart-wrenching sobs that wrack my body when I read your books.  I hate crying like that.  A few tears trickling down my cheek is one thing, but to SOB like that....man, there are only so many tissues in this world to hold not only my tears, but my snot.  UGH!

Yet, your stories are sweet, gentle, loving and remind me that even when things are at their worst, LOVE is still important in our every day lives.  We all want (dream of having or hope to have one day) the kind of love that you write about in your books, and THE CHOICE is no different.

I love the story of Travis and Gabby.  I see how it parallels the love story in THE NOTEBOOK, but yet it is still completely its own beautiful, wonderful, terrible, awful love story.  I also see a little bit of Gayle Forman's IF I STAY; ok, a lot of it.  Of course, THE CHOICE is told through the point of view of the male while IF I STAY is told through the point of view of the female who is actually in the coma, the fact remains that both stories deal with the power of love in the midst of horrific tragedies that result in the females being in a coma.

Beautiful.  Wonderful.  Terrible.  Awful.  Horrible.  Powerful.  Worth reading.  And, yes, I read the whole thing in one day, of course.  Thanks, Victoria Fullbright, for recommending this terrible-awful-wonderful book!!!!