Now you might think, with a title like that, that this is about meeting up with people I have not seen in a while. You are right, to a degree. This past year has been filled with visits and talks with old friends; students who graduated years ago, teachers from my own school days, people I grew up with. However, I am referring to friends I have made through books. This is the time of year I pull out some of my well-loved books and revisit the friends there.
I just finished Daddy-Long_Legs, written in 1912 by Jean Webster, and Judy Abbott is just as lovely and sweet today as she was when I first read it at age 12. I love revisiting books I have known since childhood because we often read just "the story" as a child and then as an adult, we appreciate the witticisms, the social commentary, and the allegory that was over our heads when we first turned their pages. The Chronicles of Narnia is my perfect example.
I hope you, too, have some time to visit some old friends in between the caroling and the snow ball fights!
I just finished Daddy-Long_Legs, written in 1912 by Jean Webster, and Judy Abbott is just as lovely and sweet today as she was when I first read it at age 12. I love revisiting books I have known since childhood because we often read just "the story" as a child and then as an adult, we appreciate the witticisms, the social commentary, and the allegory that was over our heads when we first turned their pages. The Chronicles of Narnia is my perfect example.
I hope you, too, have some time to visit some old friends in between the caroling and the snow ball fights!
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