Grandma & Her Books

In reflection of today I have a little story I guess about grandma, well maybe not a "story" but a memory.

Today we had a BBQ down at my aunt and uncles. . . . Somehow we managed to get on the topic of grandma and her books. ..

Grandpa was eating chicken and decided to tell us about all the different times he has witnessed her "book experiences." When my grandma would read a book, she would literaly become the character. If there was something funny in the book, she would laugh until in tears!! And when we would try to ask her about it, she would take a deep breath and start to tell us about what happened in the book that was so funny, but she would only end up laughing even harder!!! Now because grandma was laughing so hard you couldn't help but bust up yourself!!

Then when a book was sad, she would cry and morn for the character. She was always so involved with her books.

We would buy the same book, and read it together and then stop and ask opinions about what was gonna happen next and what do you think so far? We did this with most of the Nicholas Sparks books.

Grandma loved romance novels, the dirtier they were the better she said LOL She was saucy!!

When my uncle took the books to goodwill that were my grandma's, we had a FULL truck load!! It was unbelievable. Most of those books she had read 3-4 times!! She really enjoyed it! I asked her why one day and she told me it allowed her to live many different experiences and lives. In a way I'm just like my grandma, I get VERY involved with the book just as she did. It's something that we had in common.


Crystal
June 13th, 2010