A Mile In His Shoes Review and Giveaway

Popcorn? Check. Jammies? Check. Toasty fire? Check. Four Greene beans cozy up in a row on the couch for family movie night. Tonight's feature is A Mile In His Shoes.
The opening scene is a very familiar one: Green, grassy pastures, a barn with fading paint. Behind the old, wooden fence a horse trots by as farmers bale their hay. The camera then cuts to a baseball diamond. Tractors are at work there too, preparing the ground for a new game. These scenes take turns setting the back drop for tonight's story. There's a team on the field now. The River Rats. It looks like they are used to losing. Soon we meet Coach Murphy. He is being sent on a trip to search for new talent. Along the way, is it an accident or providence that causes him to stop by an old farm for help? No reception for a cell phone where he ended up. We chuckle. Yeah. That is what it can be like out here too. Coach gets more that a phone call, though, when he meets Mickey Tussler, a boy with Asperger's Syndrome and a mean pitching arm. In the adventure that follows, we are inspired and encouraged. We can relate to this story in so many ways. We sympathize with his gruff father's tendency to overprotect, fearing how his son will cope and how he will be treated away from his family. Yet we have to agree with his mom that he should be given the opportunity to try. There are ups and downs and ups again. The movie ends. We stretch, shake kernels from the blankets, and discuss what we've seen. All in all, four Greenes agree we are glad for the chance to see this movie. The underlying feeling is hope. Hope for the future when things seem uncertain. If you love someone with special needs, A Mile in His Shoes will be extra special to you. The coolest thing is, you can enter to win a copy here! Just leave a comment on this post or on Facebook for your chance to win. "Share" it for an extra entry; just let me know you did that too. I'll get your mailing info from you if you win. (Gotta keep the giveaway just for US residents, though, for shipping's sake.) The movie is presented by Thomas Kinkade and comes with a postcard-sized print of a painting he made called, you guessed it, A Mile In His Shoes. It is rated PG and is Dove Family Approved. We'll be wrapping up the giveaway on January 30, 2012. Good Luck!

Now for the disclosure. Take a deep breath aaaaand...
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