Reading: A simple pleasure posted 9/26/2009 1:32:04 AM | 3 kudos what's this?     report abuse

Snappygoddess

A few days ago I stopped by the local library to meet up with my youngest daughter, Amber and my two grandsons, ages 3 and 2 yrs old. I went down to the childrens department and observed my grandsons looking at books with vivid interest. As I watched them, I realized that my daughter had passed down her love of reading-- to them, as I did to her when she was a child.

I have always loved to read and let's face it, with eight children in the family growing up.. there was not a lot of money to do fun things but going to the library was not only fun...it was free! We would check out an armload of books and excitingly carry them home(walking the 2 miles one way was not given a second thought as we walked everywhere as children.. even as teenagers) I remember even as a young child I loved mysteries and old westerns.. they were my favorites. Of course as a young teenager, I did get into the romance novels but my overriding joy was mysteries! I could get lost in a new adventure and forget what my life really was like. Uninterrupted, I could read a nice size hard bound book from start to finish in less then 3 hours... and make a book report about it if need be.

Reading has always been such a simple pleasure.. it doesn't cost anything to check books from the library (unless, of course, you don't return the borrowed materials in a timely fashion) and for me, the library has always represented a place of solitude, peace and endless adventures. Row after row of colorful books just waiting to be pulled off the shelf and read by a devout reader.

To this day, I find great comfort in a comfortable chair, warm blanket, good book and a cup of tea or hot chocolate. I can relax after a long day or spend part of my Sunday in "my room" just getting into a great mystery, thriller or just a silly story.. depending on my mood. Aside from writing, reading is one of my biggest passions and I am so glad I passed the love of reading and books down to three of my four children.. and now to my grandchildren.

One of the most valuable treasures we can pass down to our children and grandchildren is the love of reading. It allows the mind to go places that perhaps normally we could not go in "real life"... brings great peace to the soul...promotes language skills...and cognitive thinking.

Yes.. there is simple pleasure in a book and so much to learn between those pages and I am so glad my grandsons have learned the love of something so precious as reading.

The library still inspires me whenever I step into it.. like a long lost friend it embraces me with its quietness and surrounds me with a peace and I know this is the place I can retain my simple pleasure....reading!

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