Fresh Air Mitch Albom Is A 'Walking Example Of A Second Chance'
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Oct 13, 2025 
Mitch Albom, bestselling author and columnist, discusses his new novel *Twice*, exploring the idea of reliving moments and the costs of second chances. He reflects on the lasting influence of his late professor, Morrie Schwartz, and shares insights about love and mortality. Mitch emphasizes that second chances don't guarantee personal growth and elaborates on his own career pivots. He also highlights his humanitarian work in Haiti and the emotional depth found in sports writing, revealing how these experiences shape his storytelling.
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Regret Grows As Life Solidifies
- Regrets grow as people age because life becomes more fixed and choices feel harder to reverse.
- Mitch Albom explores whether a single second chance truly improves life or just creates new complications.
Love And Death Are Unchangeable
- Albom sets two hard limits on time-redoing power: you can't change love or the timing of death.
- He argues love is cumulative and can't be reconstructed by restarting a single moment.
Mother Died While I Was Flying
- Albom recounts his own mother dying while he was on a plane to anchor the book's mortality theme.
- He used that real experience to write the line: "my mother died while I was trying to fly."
