Books!!!

I love reading. I have always loved it and now I am very glad to see my son following in my footsteps. What I read has changed drastically over the years. When I was young I used to read the Judy Blume books, and the series about the two blonde twin sisters which for the life of me I can't remember their names. As I grew up and entered junior high and high school I started reading Anne McCaffrey, and Dean Koontz. Then the day my mom said I was old enough to read V.C. Andrews I thought I had died and gone to heaven. I had been waiting for that day since the 6th grade when a friend of mine showed me the books. I borrowed one and took it home, only to have my mom see it on the table and vehemently refuse to let me read it yet. So when I finally earned the permission I read with vengeance. I began asking for the books for all my birthdays and christmas'. Eventually by the time I got to my senior year in high school I had every book ever written by her and the original series of Flowers in the Attic, I had the whole series in hardback. Then during one of my irresponsible bouts as a young adult, I lost the whole lot of them. I was so very upset, not necessarily because I lost the books, but because of what they represented. Then I went through my romance stage where I read all the mushy romance books with half- naked people on the cover. My mom saw me reading one of those and told me a long time ago that I would never have the kind of love that they talk about in those novels, and I told her that someday I would prove her wrong. In some ways I feel I have, he is my best friend and we have an awesome time together. Although, its not exactly like what you read about, its close enough. Now that I am older I have found I enjoy the novels where the women are strong characters. I really like to read books by Catherine Coulter, Nora Roberts, Jude Deveraux and the list goes on. I have moved away somewhat from the more intense psychological thrillers and moved on to forensic type thrillers, as long as they don't get too creepy or gross. I have found I really like books by Dee Henderson who writes forensic type books but with a christian twist. The one thing I have learned from my love of reading is that I am okay being alone. I can enjoy a peaceful day on the couch with no one around, no tv and no music playing and I don't feel alone. Its ironic how some of the more mundane things in life can teach you some of the most important lessons. I believe that if I wasn't okay being by myself then God wouldn't have brought me my husband yet. I was told once that you cannot expect to fall into true love until you can truly love yourself and your life.