A Book To Touch Your Heart

Being stuck on the couch for the past 20 days has had one
silver lining

~~I've got to do quite a bit of reading~~

and last night.... I finished this one

I can check it off of my 35 Things list

but better than that....

it was wonderful.


To me....it portrayed

innocence

goodness

hope for a better tomorrow if we stand up for what we believe in




Scout made me want to embrace what is so good about children....

they can see life for what it really is without the blurred vision of

prejudice.




and I loved the relationship that the children had with their father~~

it reminded me of mine with my own girls


I may not always be the most energetic, fun mom on the block

but they know that I love them with my whole entire heart

they can depend on me

and I depend on them

We have each other and that is what matters



What a beautiful story.

Makes me want to try writing.


and I wonder....

why did I have to read some of the most useless books in school
when there are masterpieces like this


Which others have I missed out on that need to go on my
Must Read List??

***I'd love to hear your suggestions***


Chasity

Dreams of Reading a Book and Getting Married Again

As a homeschooling mama....I read a lot.

Books about the Wright Brothers....books about raccoons....books about books.



and I do read some great fiction books to my girls.
We are reading the Anne series at breakfast and the Little House series at lunch every day. They are a great read.



and I finally did finish reading 'Created to be His Helpmeet' last week.
{Cross that off my 35 Things To Do list}

I find the time to read being~a~good~mommy~or ~good~wifey type books.
{You would think with all the reading I do that I could use fancier words}




Anyways~

I rarely read a good fiction book just for me. VERY rarely. like Never.

But I finally did.....


The problem is that when I start a good book........I can't put it down.

This was fine when I was young and had no obligations to wake up the next day.

Now.......staying up til 3am to finish a book doesn't bode well.

So I was able to break it up into 3 settings....


and still ~ the last evening the girls whined~~~~
~~~~you've been reading that book for a hundred years!~~~~~


really? a hundred years?




It was romantic and suspenseful and sad and happy. All the things that I look for in good entertainment.


Now I will be searching the bookshelves for 'To Kill A Mockingbird' to read over Christmas vacation ~~~another check mark will soon be added to my To Do list~~~




I don't know if it was all the romantic notions from the book I just read

but I just found myself scouring this wonderful website about Midwest Weddings called Clover and Bee Weddings.

If I could have another wedding.........

{{to the same man of course}}

I would want something like this.


~sigh~


I guess that's why I have girls.
Won't that be fun?


Have a great week getting ready for Christmas!

Memories of Books

Growing up, my family didn't have a lot of money and books were a rare and precious commodity. I loved to read and can remember back to first grade...my first trips to the school library....with all those books lining the shelves in front of me. It was the biggest treat to step through those glass doors into this world awaiting me.
A world full of adventures to be taken.

I loved picking out just the right one...{usually a book about horses or dogs or some other animal}...and settling into a little bean bag chair in some corner. Just me and my new book.

But let me tell you...I have a terrible memory. Really bad. REALLY. So I don't remember what most of the books I read were about much less what the titles were. That being said....I'm taking you on a little trip down memory lane....it's a very sketchy path...watch your step.

For many months, I kept trying to think of a book that I had read as a young girl. I was wanting to read it to my girls. I knew that I loved it but all I could remember was it was about a girl and her horse that crossed through an old gate and went back in time. There they met another girl who rode horses sidesaddle. That's it. That is all my brain could come up with. No ideas on the title whatsoever. It was driving me crazy trying to come up with something more concrete. Finally I decided to do a google search.
I first tried very specific word searches but didn't have much luck....like...
girl sidesaddle gate horse book.....

Time for a different approach.

I typed in horse books. I was led to a site called ponydom.com. And there was a button for juvenile fiction~click~ I began reading through the extensive list of children's books on horses.
Suddenly...I stopped in my tracks.

Can I Get There By Candlelight?
That's it!!!! I knew it the moment I saw it.
You can't believe how excited I was.
Open a new tab....to the public library.....

There was one copy in the system. I immediately put it on hold....picked it up two days later....read it....loved it all over again.

It had a sadder ending than I remember
{ok ~ let's face it...I didn't remember the ending at all}
but still.
It transported me {and this time my girls went with me} to another place and time.
It was lovely to revisit this old friend.

How many miles to Babylon?
Three score miles and ten.
Can I get there by candlelight?
Yes, and back again.
If your heels are nimble and light,
You can get there by candlelight.

~Mother Goose

I'm always delighted by a really good book.
Do you have books that you read as a child that
stayed with you for life?
What was your favorite?
Maybe you can read it again this summer...
snuggled into a bean bag chair.

Have a wonderful week

lotsalove~
Chasity