- Title: Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I am Today
- Author: Valerie Bertinelli
- Genre: Non-Fiction
I have loved Valerie Bertinelli since she was on One Day at a Time so this book peaked my interest. I haven’t read her other books but I will now except for maybe the cookbook since I don’t like to cook.
I really enjoyed this book. In some ways it was like she was talking about me when she said it was always about losing 10 pounds. I seem to always have that goal and I will do really good and then gain it back. Unlike her, my reasons are different. She loves to cook and it makes her happy to prepare food for others. It gives her comfort. Me, I hate to cook and I don’t obsess over food. I just like convenience.
She talked a lot about her family and she wasn’t really close to her mom. But when her mom died, she got her recipe card box and that is when she really developed the love of cooking. She would cook her mom’s and grandmother’s recipes and It brought her joy.
She also talked a lot about her and Eddie Van Halen’s love. Even though they were divorced and each married to other people, they still had a love that would survive everything. Even though the both divorced their spouses, they still had that love.
She talked a lot about their love for their son, Wolfie. She was so proud of him and it gave her such joy to see him playing with his dad’s band. She talked about when Ed was dying and how she and Wolfie were by his side, this brought tears to my eyes.
I couldn’t put the book down, I loved it. I have always thought she was such a beautiful woman and had no idea what her struggles were with self acceptance. I always assume that beautiful women have their act together but they have struggles just like we all do. That helps me to realize, no matter how much money you have or fame or how beautiful, we all have struggles. I can’t even imagine that Valerie would look in mirror and think she isn’t anything but beautiful. That just goes to show you that we don’t always know what others think. Whenever I look in a mirror and see that ugly woman looking back, I am going to try to think of Valerie and try to see beauty. Thank you, Valerie, for a beautiful written book.
Let me know in the comments if you read her book and what did you think?
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