Letters, Quotes, Memory,
& Recipes.
As I read Tara Westover’s memoir, Educated, this past week, I found myself thinking again and again, “No way!” The obstacles Tara overcame from her childhood to be who she is today were so far-fetched, some of them, that one might not believe they could actually happen. The crazy parts began to be more believable when it was revealed that Tara’s father was suffering from mental illness, although I don’t think mental illness could explain away everything.
I like when the realization hits that I am getting the same message from different places in my life. This quote about the barn is on a card I kept from years ago because I love what it says.
The quote’s meaning is similar to the theme, as reflected in the title, of the book I’m currently reading to the kids for school.
I am not usually one to read fiction, although I always break this rule the minute a new book by Alexander McCall Smith releases. There are few reading moments that make me happier than those nights before bed when I am in the middle of a made-up adventure of Mma Ramotswe, Isabel Dalhousie, or little Bertie Pollock.
