International Happy Day

This week we celebrated an international day of happiness. This seemed very fitting for the book I'm reading as my biography, autobiography, and memoir, Growing Up Duggar. I've seen their show a few times and thought it would be an interesting take on their lives growing up in a huge family. This book does tell how they grew up and the values that their parents raised them with, but it also reads sort of like a self-help book. This book explains the challenges they've faced in their lives and how people who are experiencing similar challenges could overcome them. The book is filled with personal stories from the four oldest Duggar girls, Jana, Jill, Jessa, and and Jinger. There are also pictures throughout to help get a sense for their lives before the cameras came. Overall the girls seem very happy and optimistic about different aspects of life. They reach out to others with their optimism and help pull people up with their own stories of triumph and support with Scripture. Because each girl is very religious, it shows through in the book. I actually found it in a "Christian Parenting" section. Overall the book so far seems very positive and uplifting to me.


These are the four oldest Duggar girls who wrote the book. (from left to right) Jill, Jana, Jinger, and Jessa.

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