3 Birthdays
Today I had a colonoscopy. When I told people that I was to have this done, they asked, “Is something wrong?” Now, if there was something wrong, do you think they would want to hear details such as these? Of course, perhaps they didn’t want to hear that I was having one done in the first place. So I would just say,”I had polyps the first time.” This seemed to satisfy them. And everything was fine today. And that satisfies me.
Today is C.S. Lewis’s birthday. And Louisa May Alcott’s. And Madeline L’Engle’s. (I love WRITER’S ALMANAC). What a trio of birthday pals! If I had been born on November 29th, I would have a birthday party every year and make everyone read aloud their favorite passages. Maybe I’ll make you read quotes instead.
Madeleine L’Engle said, “You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
C.S. Lewis said, “When we set out [for the zoo] I did not believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and when we reached the zoo I did. Yet I had not exactly spent the journey in thought.”
Louisa May Alcott said, “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship.”