Back to Blogging!!
Loads has happened, but it's too much to put into one blog...too many emotions, images, sounds, words to remember.
Anyway, this week, I just finished reading 4 books in a series I'm following. After reading/studying "Mere Christianity" and "The Problem of Pain" for the (n)th time, I figured some fiction was needed to keep my imagination going.
I remember being a 5 year old, riding my bike around our pool for hours. Sounds weird, right?? I can't really understand how I did that! It's incredible! I mean, it's not the biggest pool, and I only went in one direction. And I wouldn't stop until it was dinnertime. But what I do remember, was that I always had a story going on inside my head. All the shrubs and fruit trees I constantly passed seemed to blur away to a much different place.
The air flowing all around me would become lighter and sweeter, and I was surrounded by people and adventures that made me the happiest kid in the world. It was my best escape from all the yelling and hurt in the house.
Now, the tires on my bike have deflated and the springs and gears have become rusty...but all those adventures I lived out inside my head are just as real as when I first imagined them.
That's why I love reading. It keeps that imagination everflowing, evergrowing, ever-anticipating the next adventure. I can't wait to read another book!!!!