Oct. 22, 2008
Inspiration and Hope: A Famous Single Mother
Posted in Book Reviews
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My children think I'm eccentric. Okay, I confess, the word they use is weird. Every time I talk about buying 20 acres and a yurt my almost 17 year old convulses in disgust. Mention homesteading and she writhes with fear. I even have a key chain that proclaims, "I'm NOT wierd, I'm gifted." Today we decided to take our libraries BINGO challenge and for the next year we're going to attempt to read at least one book from each number group (non-fiction) and type (fiction) on the BINGO cards -- there is the potential prize of free books involved. So, reading my first book today, I chose "The Private World of Tasha Tudor" (Another confession - I picked it because it had few words and lots of pictures). However, in the process, I learned some amazing things. My kids would classify her as "weird" -- how many normal people run around New England barefooted -- especially once the weather starts to turn cold? She inspired me. I want to live on a farm from another century, grow unkempt flower gardens and quilt. I don't know if I could live without my computer -- but maybe I could trade it in for a smaller, portable model, and then I wouldn't have to right???? After all, she had a telephone. What I learned that really amazed and inspired me was that she was a single mother. And at the time of her divorce, all of her children (4) had their last name changed to her maiden name with her. I feel a kinship to this woman in ways you can't imagine. What I also learned, from the circulation desk volunteer was that she passed away this year - June 2008 according to Wikipedia . How very, very sad. It made me sad that I couldn't drop her a little note, thanking her for living the life she dreamed, and there by giving me inspiration and hope to continue in my dreams. As we've spent the last month settling in to our apartment -- which I still am not thrilled with -- I've done a lot of praying about what the Lord has for us. Today I called a friend and shared with her the coincidence of picking up this book and reading it at this time -- there are no coincidences with the Lord, right? -- and said, I think I'll start praying very specifically for the piece of land for our "forever" family home. Even if I have to put an old trailer or a yurt (sorry Lizbeth!!!) or something equally unique (read weird) on it for us to live in, at least it would be "ours" and we could have dogs, and cats and birds and goats, and chickens, and rabbits, and who knows what all. I definitely recommend the book, and I'm seriously considering that I may need to own it to add to my collection of inspiration from other single mothers section of my personal library. Have you read it??? Blessings, MaggieRaye |
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Oct. 27, 2008 - Untitled Comment
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Posted by theprincessofquitealot Nov. 6, 2008 - Great post
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