The Question

Lee posted a question in his blog this week “If you could write a novel about any subject, what would it be?" This question has been in the back of my mind the past couple of days. The first answer I had for it was the book that Im trying to put together now. After further considering it, I realized that no, that wasn't the book I had always dreamed of writing, but the idea behind it is. Its been my desire for some time now to write an inspirational, a book thats encourages women. At first that book was going to be towards mom's struggling to raise an infant, then it became one more focused on the young years of the so called "terrible twos" (I need to address that however, there is NOTHING terrible about a two year old!) As I became a mother of school aged children, the desire switched again, and as I have written before, my goal hasn't changed today. I still would love to write, regardless of getting it published, a encouraging book, an inspirational book for those who face the loss of a husband or wife and how God will bring them through that loss to perhaps a greater blessed life then they could have ever imagined.

To me that was the obvious answer but I didn't feel compelled to sit and write about this until today after spending more time organizing the library. I fell in love with You Got Mail the first time I watched that movie. Yes, its a total 'chick' flick, romantic comedy, all the parts I totally love about movies Meg Ryan plays in typically. But there is more to this movie I just LOVED. The book store, The shop around the corner." I love children's books, literature, book stores! Authors like Tomie de Paola, Leo Lionni, Eric Carle, Bill Peet, Margaret Wise Brown or Dr Seuss. Books like, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nymph, Charlotte's Web, If you give a mouse a cookie, Corduroy, Danny and the Dinosaur, Mouse Paint, Freckle Juice, Flat Stanley, Make Way for Ducklings, The Mouse and the Motocycle, The Lonely Doll or The Red Balloon. Its hard to just pick a few titles, a few authors. I would have a very difficult time narrowing down just one or even two. I watched that movie, You Got Mail, over and over again just to fantasize over owning a book store, writing a childrens book. On what specifically? Animals, talking animals. We use to own so many different pets, from ducks to chickens, hedge hogs, you name it. For a while Id sit in the back yard and imagine them talking to each other, just like in the movie Babe. Thats probably why I ended up having to have a Border Collie....Molly (now Steve and Iva's dog). I love children's literature and children's picture books especially. I could sit inside the children's section of a book store for hours given the chance, and get lost in the pages of those stories.

So if I was given the opportunity and knew I would succeed Id do both :) Write a inspiration (which I intend and am working on anyway) and a childs story book or two :)