Thursday, May 15, 2008

Maybe I am Crazy

I am a little embarrased about my obsession- I am 34 years old, working in a very rewarding job, with wonderful children/husband, and am always striving to better myself..... So MAYBE that explains as I write this how maybe I struggle admitting my teenage like hysterical reaction to some things.....I know many of us have ranted and raved about the Stephanie Meyers Twilight series (So maybe my midlife obsession with a book written for teenagers isnt an uncommon thing).... Maybe I was rather offended when in the middle of the count down to the new book, as well as the movie that she had worked on something else... Maybe i thought - How could she when all of us are waiting patiently for the fourth installment of the Bella/Edward/Jacob saga? (Maybe Bella will finally get bitten) Maybe I considered this betrayal!

And then... There I was, shopping at costco on mothersday, spotted that book that new book ...There it was just sitting on the book table ... SCREAMING MY NAME ... Maybe i thought to myself... No way! Aliens? ... But then again Maybe I purchased it... and Maybe I read it... maybe losing sleep to do so... maybe unable to put it down.... Maybe crying at the end ... maybe not that little tear that escapes my eye and runs down my cheek.... no no.... maybe those overwhelming uncontrollable sobs... maybe you know the kind.

Maybe it is just where I am in my life right now... Maybe it just said somethings that I needed to hear, maybe it gave me a perspective on mankind that I could relate too, and gave me a goal of what I want to be like, Maybe it was BEAUTIFUL! Maybe it defined service, Maybe it touched on the deepest kind of love, Maybe I am still so shocked that I like this author SO much (maybe it is admittedly a little out of my norm) Maybe I relate to the characters so much because I am so blessed with people in my life. Maybe if I let go of all my weird pretenses about such a book.... and acknowledge that someone (named stephanie meyers) is masking these amazing truths in stories that young people (and old people apparently) will read... Maybe we are all being tricked into having spiritual experiences while reading a cheesy sounding sci-fi?


Maybe you better read it

Maybe then we can discuss .... Nature of man... Good Vs. Evil ...I believe we are all the souls that are innately good.

2 comments:

Coleen said...

My friend and I went at midnight the night it came out to buy it. I still haven't been able to sit down and read it :-( I'll try to get on it, though!

Cindy & Billy said...

Wait. She wrote a book while we are waiting..... That's just wrong. But now i have to read it.