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| The book that inspired this blog |
A friend and I recently reconnected during the pandemic through an organization we both joined in college. This group was meeting over Zoom very informally- many of us haven’t been in touch in decades. This connection spurred a discussion over her Covid project- reading the complete works of William Shakespeare. I encouraged her to start a blog with her own summaries, historical connections and general observations/comments and she said, “That is a great idea- and you should blog about all the children’s literature you read.”
There you have it- a secondary connection breakthrough. Someone in my outer circle recommending something to me that I am actually doing. And this is but one example of the importance of a secondary network- the guy who runs on the treadmill next to you, the girlfriend you haven’t seen from college in two decades, the person who happens to bump into you at the grocery store every time you go. These people are part of our networks- and we don’t have them in our lives (in general) during covid.
One unexpected perk of the pandemic is that she and I reconnected. The group of women from college is highly professional and very dedicated to family and extracurricular activities, not to mention our day jobs. Therefore, only a crisis like Covid would allow many of us to be available for regular zoom socials.
And so it comes to be that I am blogging about what I am reading, what my 7 and 9-year old daughters are reading. And- what we are reading together. I firmly believe that with the right approach and effort, any family can develop a love of reading. It is a journey. It is about knowing how and when to select books, where to find these books, and having the right book available for the right moment.
