Just finished a book that I really did enjoy. The Family Tree was expertly written by Barbara Delinski. I hesitate to give too much plot away but honestly wish someone would say how much they want me to reveal. My personal preference has always been to read the novel before seeing the movie. It really makes me wonder if some within my own family would just as soon I tell all. With the exception of De'on, my family never reads novels and such anyway. Oh, Karen’s does, but she is much more selective in reading material, she likes to watch TV and seems to stay involved quite a lot with the small town politics of Brownfield. She is always heading some group or something that has a charitable bend. She and Gary have always been best friends as well as marriage partners, which is absolutely great, but Gary, like his mother—is not a social butterfly. When night comes everyone wants to be in their own bed, and so it goes.
I did notice on the Best Seller List of the NY Times that A Thousand Splendid Suns is the No.1 best seller and I can certainly understand that. It poses a question for me though ... I can't help but wonder where the talent of these great books comes from. How can these authors pull together such plots, see into such depths, possess such insight? De'on is an excellent writer and could go far if she pushed it more, but as my life moves forward, I am more aware that some of us are solitary by nature. I think it might be called lack of ambition by some, but I don't see it that way. Until I was ten, I had playmates and friends galore all around me and when night came it was with two of my best-brother-buddies and our baby girl. Also the world was much different to me as a child. Maybe we all are that way. I certainly remember that it took a long time for Christmas to roll around and now it is as if it comes once a month. But back to solitary pursuits.
It is just that I am a self-entertained person. I see so often that a horrible crime spree is committed and the perpetrator is called “strange” and “kept to themselves.” But my life is pretty full just the way it is. I live within driving distance of all my children and grandchildren. We do not visit on the phone or otherwise, yet we are all for one and one for all. Extremely close and extremely caring of each other. Yes, you could call us strange, but then if you refer to us as dull you would be mistaken. How can you live in these times and be dull? When the Middle East is constantly about to erupt, when you can set in your living room and watch world events play out as they happen. When I was a child I remembered the Birthdays and Christmas and so on, then later I wanted to know what went on in the world with that birthday. The year leading up to Christmas...maybe this is a mind set that happens when you are so very aware of 9/11 and Pearl Harbor Day. But we are passing out of sight rapidly. In taking this inventory of my life and those around me, I have come to finally realize that truth really is stranger than fiction. Lisa is on the go, it seems constantly, but she has a small little bunch that seems to cluster around one another. When the special occasions come along, she invites us to cluster with them. The Bible mentions friendship just two times. Once in Proverbs 22:24 and James 4:4. We are warned by God’s Holy Word that friendship with the world is enmity with God and to not make friends with an angry man. So I guess I have come to a way of defending our family, but actually all I can say is, we are just so busy, so very busy, being us.
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This is cute, Mom. I lol at the "kept to themselves" reference! I'm still laughing.
I don't think God cares if we have a lot of friends or if like you and I, we borrow Lisa's, but he does tell us who to make ties with and who not to. That's where I went wrong with Ramos.
I love the No greater love hath an than this, but to lay down his life for his friends. I know the reference is speaking of Jesus. But if He is to be our example, then I think this kind of friendship which has nothing to do with duty, is indeed rare. And when you've found this kind of friend (which has to do with a person's character) then you have indeed found a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. We do have those, Mom. We just don't have a lot of acquaintance friends that we go out and visit, and really, I don't think a lot of people do, because as you say, we're all so busy. I think outside of the best friends, ie, Aaron/Jerrod, whoever, you mostly group with those that your family's activities or beliefs bring you in contact with. From there you become "friends" but it is rare that you develop the kind of lay down your life for...
Or it's the person. Or the gift, such as being a good hostess is a spiritual gift, one I don't have. I'd probably rather lay down my life! ha!
You just be you. We will probably say that you kept to yourself a lot, but I doubt it will be national news of any sort. :) (Don't kill anyone!)
I agree that we are all so busy. Days seem to fly by and we don't even know where they've gone. I love to have friends and family over, but even for me it doesn't happen as often as I would like. That's one of the reasons I love LMP so much. They are a built in group of friends.
I know, and there's a reason your name is what it is. I love people like you!
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