Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Ode to book club...

I am not quite sure how I have been so lucky throughout my life, but I have always been blessed to have amazing friends around me. This is especially true of the women I spent time with last night at our monthly book club meeting. Ken always loves it because I come home so happy and full of life.

Last night we met at Micaela's beautiful home to discuss the amazing book Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi. It is a fantastic book about a group of very different women in Iran meeting to discuss literature. In the fiction they read, they discovered truths that had great personal and political application. It was a fascinating book to read and discuss, especially with my wonderful friends!

I think the question Ken always asks me when I come home is if we really discuss the book. I can almost always say yes. :) Last night I was especially impressed with these intelligent women that I get to associate with. I love how many different ideas and experiences we were are able to share with each other. I tell these women some of my most deepest, darkest thoughts and feelings and they continue to love me despite my twisted side. I love how they make me think of things in a new way and push me to look at things from a different perspective. I need that. I need to remember sometimes that I am not just a mom, but I am a smart woman with valuable ideas and can contribute to an intelligent conversation. I love that my book club friends bring that out in me and I am truly grateful.

5 comments:

Marie said...

Amen sister!

Ashley said...
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Ashley said...

Yes, we girls do know how to have fun!!!

Karl said...

We really are a fun book club, aren't we? I'm so glad you're in it.--Jen

mcojaadams said...

As I was thinking about Reading Lolita and the way each woman in the bookclub is described I wondered how I would be described by my bookclub friends.
Many years ago I remember crying myself to sleep praying that I could find a group of women (like a bookclub) to do things with.
I Thank God I found all of you!