After reading “Healing Water”

Since this semester started, we have been reading “Healing Water” by Joyce Moyer Hostetter. When I started reading this novel, I could not put it down because I was attracted to Pia’s character. According to “Healing Water”, the main character, Pia got leprosy, and his grief turned to anger and stayed in Pia’s heart for a long time. He could not forgive himself or his best friend, Kamaka either. Pia met some important people, and he learned about real love through them like Keona and Father Damien. This story is not only the leprosy patients story, but it also tells us a lot of important essentials for our living. For example, the book says that anger gives us a miserable life. As for me, when I was an elementary school student, I told my top secret to my best friend. I said not to tell anybody, but she told her mother about my secret right away. I was so disappointed in her, and I ignored her for a while. That was a tiny thing, but I ignored her too much, so she had another friend. I did not realize I was wrong, and I kept thinking that was her fault at that time. My anger toward her was increasing, but I also felt lonely and felt jealousy to her new friend like Pia. The author describes that forgiveness is important, and let it go. I learned about human’s emotions, forgiveness, and the true love from this book. Ending of this story was great, so I feel refreshed. Because Pia and Kamaka both get over their problems and move ahead, I get a strong energy from them. I hope that the author will publish part 2, and Pia and Piolani have a romance. I would like to recommend “Healing Water” to my husband first, and we can discuss about this novel together. After sometime, I would like to read this book again carefully.