I bought a small gift for Sherry and Vicki today at Half Price Books, and tucked a message into its pages to convene our book club by the beach...
“Out of
the welter of life, a few people are selected for us by the accident of
temporary confinement in the same circle. We never would have chosen these
neighbors; life chose them for us. But thrown together on this island of
living, we stretch to understand each other and are invigorated by the
stretching.”
She’s wrong. I never would have chosen any other neighbors.
Not a
chance.
I hereby
convene the
Mazatlan
Mothers Book Club
May we read, highlight, dog-ear and scribble irreverently upon
these pages of Lindbergh’s short classic, Gift
From the Sea. May we turn them over like glistening shells and shuck them
like oysters in search of wisdom’s pearls, then tuck them into our carry-ons
for the journey.
And sitting together on the beach, sipping pina coladas and
mojitos, may our conversation be “as stimulating as black coffee and just as
hard to sleep after.”
Bring this book, with your favorite pages marked like
treasure!
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Love,
Wendy
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