"No matter how dreary and
gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful.
There is no place like home."
"A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others."
"Somewhere
over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. If happy little bluebirds fly
beyond the rainbow, why, oh, why can't I?
Luckily as I was rearranging some books on the shelves, one propped itself up as if to make
sure that I look at it. The book wasBeatrix Potter's classic Tale of Peter Rabbit. After rereading it for the100th time and reminiscing
about the many times I read this story to my son when he was little, I dusted off the book and put it back with the rest of
my collection of kid's classics.
The book also reminded me of how
so many children have missed someone read and dramatize a classic story to them. Perhaps it is because I am now a grandmother
that these things matter more to me. I realize that some classic reads can be traumatizing and scary even but some still transport
children to beautiful landscapes and extraordinary characters.
Robert Coles once wrote that "We all need empty hours in our lives or we will have no time to create a dream." Some of the classics
allowed us as children to do exactly that, create a dream. Some of us were inspired to write because we allowed ourseleves
the moment to journey through the fantasy worlds of writers like Beatix Potter.
My bold proposal is that we bring back some of these
stories to the reading room or night stand to induce sleep and the idea that dreams are also created.
