"The Color of Water".

The Color of Water (A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother)
The English language only has one word for love. However, there are multiple types of love, with the strongest being the love you possess for your family. This love is not a strong devotion, lust for another, or love of God, instead, it is the inborn feeling that all people hold for their family members. The degree of love is the one and only measuring point of the strength of a family. There is no better example of this than the McBride/Jordan family in James McBride's memoir The Color of Water. Every one of the children…