Last
week, I'm sure many of you had a list of reasons to wish your mother the happiest of
Mother's Days and to thank her for all she has done.
So
did I.
Here are a few of the things I'm most grateful for. Thanks to my mother, I
became:
- a book lover
- a lifelong reader
- a writer
One
of my earliest happy memories is of the day my mom took me to get my first library card. And I do mean took me to get that
card, because she couldn't get it for me.
According to the rules of our tiny local branch library, I needed to be
able to print my own name on the application.
Even
at five years old, I knew just how much getting my very own library card would
mean to me. I practiced my
printing every day, because I so wanted that small, yellow, rectangular piece of cardboard
with my name on it.
And
I aced the test, first time around!
Getting
that library card eventually led me to become a student volunteer in the
elementary school library. Much later,
it led me to selling a book—well, actually, two
books—to Harlequin American Romance. And not long after they were published, I found both of them on
the shelves of my local library. Can't
you just imagine what a thrill that was!
I
wish my mom had still been with us to know I'd gotten "the call."
A
big thanks, Mom, for everything...
And
a big thanks to you, Readers, for stopping by the blog.
Want
to share something special your mother has done for you?
All
my best to you,
Barbara
~~~~~~
Barbara
White Daille
