Tom Payyappilly

The Miracle of Life Tom Payyappilly

In this book, Tom narrates his journey during the last quarter century from being a young man who did not want children to being an accomplished Dad, leading a fulfilling life with his family. He explains the reasons why he was not in favor of having children in the first place and how his views gradually changed over time and he started enjoying his role as a father. The point he makes is that it is possible for people to change their views over time and if it is a long enough period of time like 25 years in his case, a person's views may be diametrically opposite what he held earlier. Although this book has little to do with politics and in spite of the fact that Tom holds extremely liberal views on the vast majority of hot, contentious, social issues, when it comes to having a baby, he now holds the position that it is better to go ahead and have the baby. He hopes this book will be able to convince parents who are on the fence about whether to have a baby or not as well as mothers who are already pregnant and torn about the decision of keeping the baby or not. Independent of all that, it is good family reading. Most important, this book was written for his daughter.