There are bookcases filled with Tom’s books all over the house. In the garage, more boxes filled with books. Beside the bed, on his dresser, beside the couch – you guessed it – more books.
The books remind me how different Tom and I were from each other. He loved literature and reading of all sorts. The topic didn’t matter, or the writing style, Tom loved to read. He had a thirst for knowledge no matter what the topic or how difficult a read the book characterized.
I now read the titles as I scan the bookcases hoping to find some part of Tom that I can latch onto. Some of these books I have read, and others I have not. Some of the books, I will attempt to read, and others I will find a new home for. There are also books that will be saved for the boys to read at some point in their future.
Today, I pull a couple of books from the bookcase in Tom’s office. They all seem to have a familiarity to me. Of the two books that I have removed, one if have resisted reading and now feel that I must. The other book I am familiar with the author and am hoping that the book will bring enlightenment.
I have no idea when I will find he time to read at all. Perhaps on nights when I am kept awake by the insomnia of loniness, I will find the time.
As the loads of clean laundry pile up in the living room, and I do everything in my power to ignore it, I might find a little time to read more of these books than the titles. Maybe, I will put a fire in the fireplace, and snuggle up to a book instead. After all, my reading list is filling up, and I find myself completely booked.
I don’t recognize the book on Raising Boys – though I have a read a few on that topic. A good book can certainly help the hours pass.
Annie Lamott is very spiritual in general and obviously focuses on that in Plan B. That might be a nice book for you to read right now. She has an uncanny knack for finding the humor in just about any situation.
She also has a son who she had solo from the start. Did you ever hear of her book ‘Operating Instructions’. It is an hysterical look at raising a baby.
I think you’ll really enjoy Annie Lamott too. She’s quite the gifted storyteller.
Between travel and keeping the house “showable”, I hardly read anymore. I used to ignore everything once I started a book and read it all the way through. Now it seems the only time I read a book is when I’m sitting in an airplane. I have a lot of books, which I am slowly getting rid of. I donated all the John Grisham books to the local coffee shop. I took a bunch of others to a used book store and was surprised by how much money I got for them. What they didn’t want they said they would recycle for me. Which was good, because I needed to clear them out of my house.
Your writing is not bad either. I don’t have time for books either but I enjoy reading your blog. One day, you can print all of these and bind them into a book- now that’s a treasure.
Your writing is not bad either. I don’t have time for books either but I enjoy reading your blog. One day, you can print all of these and bind them into a book- now that’s a treasure.
Your writing is not bad either. I don’t have time for books either but I enjoy reading your blog. One day, you can print all of these and bind them into a book- now that’s a treasure.