It's my day!

 Finally, a special day that I can really appreciate.  Today is National Book Lovers Day.  I have been a book lover since I was old enough to hold one.  Since I figured out those magic letters I would read to myself and either of my brothers as long as they would listen.  When I was about 12 and my younger brother was 10 I read "Ben Hur" to him.  We thrilled to all the action.  When I was about 16 I read "Lassie Come Home" to my littlest brother, age 6.  We both bawled during the final chapters.  Of course there were many, many other books but those stand out in my memory.  I remember my mother saying to me "You can't read your life away."  Well, I was pretty sure I could.  Alas, as I got older pesky things like work, marriage and children got in the way and I couldn't read all day every day.  Although I read whenever I could.  I started taking my children to the bookmobile when they were one and three.  I must admit though that I have a good friend who has me beat.  She always has a book in her purse and will pull it out and read whenever there isn't something else going on.  I have seen her reading as we rode on buses through England, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Austria.... you get the idea.  I will admit though that we can always distract her from her book if we spot a jewelry store, but that's a whole other story that I probably could write a book about.