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I’ve been on a bit of a book binge lately.  Pretty much I’m guessing, to the chagrin of all around me...including me myself.  I can’t get enough.  I’m trying to swallow up all the books of the world.  If I just finish this one, I’ll be done, I can get back to the work I’m supposed to be doing.  It really doesn’t help to be in the middle of four books.  Then I finish one and open another one to replace it.

It seemed to start innocently with me reading a few pages before I fell asleep.  Then we started to get up earlier to workout.  Never having been one to want to wake up to (hurt myself) workout, I decided I would wake up for a good book.  So now I pump the pedals of the exercise bike, book in hand.  Works like a charm.  Trouble is...it’s hard to let it go for the day.

There are still some days I have no choice.  There are places I need to be and things I’m obligated to do.  And so the book sits for a while.  But on the days where there are moments of decision...clean something up, write a blog, put something together, do some research...it’s too much of a decision for me.  Too much to chip away at.  Back to the book.

I’m not worried about this tiny little obsession lasting forever.  Too much of a good thing is always too much of a good thing.  Something else will surely come along to capture my interest and pull me away to a little more logical amount of time spent.  But I love to read and in the early days of marriage and raising kids, there were actually years where I read nothing at all.  Now it’s time to make up for lost time.  Time to enjoy a good story, good writing, new ideas and thoughts that have real meaning for me.

I think I was born a reader.  I learned when every other kid learned in first grade.  I didn’t learn quickly, but I do remember when I first caught on.  I remember the feeling of discovery.  One of the first things I did was teach my younger sister what I knew.  She learned much faster than me, but I still cherish that memory of her discovering alongside me.  Back in the day we didn’t have a video game in sight, there weren’t always a lot of choices for fun.  But there always were a lot of choices for books.

The library was a magnificent place!  I loved wandering the aisles and reading the backs of books to see what interested me.  Every time, I left with as many books as they’d let me leave with.  I loved the smell, feel and texture of the books.  I loved the anticipation of what the story would bring.  

There was a time when I would read any book that I could get my hands on.  Today, I’m much fussier.  There are just too many good books, to waste time on one that doesn’t appeal.  Now do my kids follow me on this?  Did they inherently inherit my love of books?  Nope.  Not at all.  They go to the library, bring home books and rarely look at them again.  Between my 5 kids, maybe one book got read this summer, and that’s being generous.  Maybe I just didn’t read enough in those days.  Maybe I didn’t read enough to them.  I do remember trying to read to them & putting my own self to sleep, I was just so tired.  They didn’t have a good example.  That may be part of it.  That may have something to do with it.  But I’m not totally convinced.  I think loving to read may just be part of the personality you are born with.  Just like being born with a natural athletic ability, or a natural talent.  There are a lot of things you can’t teach.  You can’t teach a kid to be Brett Favre, that’s a birthright and he got it.

So I guess you expose them, give them opportunities and let them be themselves, reach for the stars that feel good to them and live the life of their choice, not yours.

So while I would like to share my love of reading with my kids...they’re not picking up on it...and I’ll try not to force the issue.  We all are who we are.  And they’re still perfect to me.

Meanwhile...where’s that book?  I’m finished here.  

PS:  If you have a good book suggestion for me, I’m always looking & I’m always asking!  If you want some suggestions from me...just see http://www.momtimetv.com look left and click on book readers.

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