When I published Joyful Learning in Kindergarten and my other books about teaching, I knew they would take on lives of their own. What I wrote was personal, in that I opened the door of my classroom for readers to see what the kids and I were up to. Very Grateful, on the other hand, is both personal and intimate. I have opened the door of my heart and let people in. I can’t believe that I am just realizing this!
The books I mailed to family, and those ordered by friends on Amazon are beginning to arrive in peoples homes. They are being read as I write this, although I haven’t received any substantive comments yet. Maybe I never will, which will be okay with me.
Here is one comment, however, offered in person from a good friend. “I want to read the book because you wrote it. But I wouldn’t choose it on my own because I know it will bring up more than I want to remember about the deaths of my mother and father.”
We all have genre we read and genre we don’t read. Very Grateful is not a must read for anyone. Let us just be grateful that we have the choice.
The books I mailed to family, and those ordered by friends on Amazon are beginning to arrive in peoples homes. They are being read as I write this, although I haven’t received any substantive comments yet. Maybe I never will, which will be okay with me.
Here is one comment, however, offered in person from a good friend. “I want to read the book because you wrote it. But I wouldn’t choose it on my own because I know it will bring up more than I want to remember about the deaths of my mother and father.”
We all have genre we read and genre we don’t read. Very Grateful is not a must read for anyone. Let us just be grateful that we have the choice.