I have read and benefitted from the authors previous two books. They have encouraged me to slow down and savor the here and now, to cultivate gratefulness and practice grace with others and myself. This book is in a similar vein to the first two, however I think it would be most beneficial read as a daily inspiration/reminder (a chapter a day, the chapters are short) rather than straight through (which is what I did).

I wanted to like this, but it's nothing new here. The premise is good, though. Some parts read like a blog post entry, not fully developed for a book. Speaking like a mother, I can't relate to her. There are some things any woman can take away, but it's not as good as I was hoping it to be.

Yet another quality book by this author, will be recommending to others and am sure will be well received.

A wonderful book full of inspiration and hope. Thank you for sharing it w/ me.

I absolutely loved this book so much!!! I love the theme about always choosing love and only love today. I don't have children (yet at least) but I could easily relate to many other parts of the book and still liked the parts about only love today with kids. It's really good life advice in general in both relationships with others and the world and yourself and advice for when/if I have kids. I highly recommend this book and think most women would enjoy it. This is the kind of book I could see myself buying a copy of and reading again. This is the kind of book I have really needed to read to remind myself to breathe, relax, stress and worry less, and choose only love today and every day. I received an advance copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Can we live each day in love? Rachel takes us on a personal journey on how to choose to live each day in love. How to get rid of the "clutter" in our minds and in our lives and turn our focus on what really matters. Her writing is honest, truthful and heartfelt. You right away feel you are on the journey with her. That she is a friend sitting at your kitchen table talking about real life and real struggles. This sentence struck me right to my core "questions, worries and demands ran on a continuous loop through my head, causing me to choose productivity, distraction, and efficiency over feelings, connections, growth, and self-care far too often". How many of us can relate to that? This book touches on those tender topics, those bottled up feelings and shows us how we can choose love each day.

My favorite thing about this book is how it is divided into "Seasons". As Rachel says "the beauty of this book is you cannot get off-track". You can read a little or alot. There is no set dates or times to read. What you need will jump off the page for you, just when you need it. You can go from spring to winter, then head over to summer. I love that it's in short sections, it's like getting your daily dose of love in just a few minutes. As soon as I started reading this book, I ordered a hard copy to keep on my desk along with a highlighter and a pile of bookmarks. I gave this 5 stars..but it deserves 10!!!

As the author says, "this is not a daily inspiration book; it is a moment-to-moment encouragement book." It is full of wonderful insights and positive thoughts so I am giving it 4 stars, but I've decided that the daily (or moment-to-moment) format is not my style of reading. This is also more poetic in style that I often like. Still, it is a good book!

A nice book for dipping into and for contemplating on. Very poetic and thoughtful. The only downside was that it was very geared towards a mother daughter relationship, as this is where most of the examples stemmed. Not ground breaking, but nice enough to make to smile and think a bit more. I liked the format very much and would recommend it to specific people. Many thanks