The Blind Side

Jessie and I flew down to Florida to be with my family for Thanksgiving. When we travel, we normally stop in the airport to pick up some magazines to parooze while on the plane. Jess found a couple magazines that she liked, but I opted for a book this time. I saw "The Blind Side" in one of the little stores and figured it could be pretty interesting. Well I became engrossed in the book and couldn't put it down for the better part of a week. It is the true story of a rich family in the Memphis suburbs (the Tuohy's) who adopt a poor kid from the roughest part of Memphis (Michael Oher). Michael went on to play football for the Christian school where the Tuohy children go. He then went to Ole Miss, and now starts for the Baltimore Ravens.
The book is written by sports author, Michael Lewis. He writes the book in a very interesting way because he spends about a third of the book discussing the development of the left tackle position from the impact of Lawrence Taylor to present day football. He spends the rest of the book telling this wonderful story. I recommend that you should read this book or at least go see the movie. I must say that the book was more enjoyable for me, but the movie stays pretty true to the book. It has challenged Jessie and I to be more like the Tuohy family.