After yesterday, we know that if you want time, you have to make it. So from now on, I should make time to read. I like reading. And I really love writing. And everything I’ve ever read about how to be a good writer says to read a lot.
My days were full and I never thought about reading. I may have thought of it once I got into bed and saw a stack of unread or unfinished books on my bedside table, but by then I was too tired.
I’m pretty sure the last book I read was Bloom by Kelle Hampton. I came across Kelle’s US blog (Enjoying the Small Things) by accident years ago when she had one little girl a similar age to Elsie. I enjoyed both Kelle’s writing and her photography. Coincidentally, our second daughters arrived at a similar time, but when Kelle’s daughter was placed in her arms in the hospital, she instantly knew something was wrong.
Bloom is a memoir that celebrates the beauty found in the unexpected – baby Nella was born with Down syndrome. Kelle thought she had a perfect life baking cupcakes with her two-year old, but with Nella’s arrival she has learned that perfection comes in all different shapes and that there is amazing power in perspective. I didn’t think that was a bad lesson to learn.
‘The last book you read’ is today’s prompt in Clairey Hewitt‘s I’m Blogging Every Day in May! Do you make time to read? When?
That does sound like a sweet and worthwhile book! Go you for making the time 🙂
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I enjoy reading but once again it’s a time thing. Reading in bed makes me fall asleep ASAP and I am currently too addicted to knitting in my spare time (ie during Alex’s midday sleep) to read anything other than the current issue of Country Style magazine!!
Christine
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And you’ve knitted some beautiful things. Keep knitting, I say!
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