Had ya scared there didn't I? Nobody likes those two words.... let's talk....... but... rest assured I just wanna talk Hobbies.
I have learned over the past couple of weeks, that what you love to do can suddenly be taken away from you. For example; one of my favorite things to do is read. I'm a huge romance novel junkie. I can recommend to you tons of romance novels. I can rattle off some of the best and worst romance writers.....
But last week when I lost my vision..... I also lost what I loved to do. You can't read when you cant see! I was so upset. I was able to find some books on audio that I was able to listen too but it just was not the same.
Then, in the middle of the week one of my favorite authors; J. Daniels released the next book in one of her series. I felt so left out! I couldn't read it because I couldn't see it. I couldn't ask my husband to read it to me... because lets just be honest.... that would be *awkward*.
So what did I decide to do? Sulk..... I didn't remind any of my friends who also read that the book came out; because heaven forbid they read it while I cant! (I'm not proud of that moment)
When I finally stopped feeling sorry for myself, I emailed the author and just asked her WHEN is this AMAZING book coming out on AUDIO??? She says...
drum roll please.....
it will be out in the next few weeks.
Shot down once again. I wanted it like now! So, I went back to sulking..... Again not proud of this moment.
So I didn't read. I didn't pick up my kindle for several days. I don't think I realized exactly how therapeutic reading had become for me. It was like I needed it to wind down. I needed to engross myself in the stories and the characters, to take myself out of my life. It was very therapeutic. And I was depriving myself of that! So..... I picked my Kindle back up. Determined not to have a temper tantrum because I couldn't read what I wanted too. I was just going to find something that I could listen too and go from there.
Well... low and behold when I opened my kindle I remembered it had this awesome little feature on it where you can change the sizes of the font, and the colors of the screen and such...And I thought MAYBE just MAYBE if i could make it big enough I could read what I wanted too....... And....
drum roll please.... IT WORKED!!!
I was able to read my book, while much much slower than I normally would. But I was still able to read it and enjoy it. And let me tell you.... it did NOT disappoint! :)
I know to some people this may seem like something small. You may be asking yourself, why was she so worked up over a book? Well because it was something I had been looking forward too for a very long time. And to know that I may never get to read it, it really upset me. Just like, say your favorite hobby is to exercise and then suddenly you fall and break your leg and you can't do it anymore, at least for a while. I bet you would probably be upset about it as well. I guess the moral of the story is, even when you loose one of the things you love to do the most, keep your head up. Don't back yourself into a corner and convince yourself that all your walls are crumbling. Just know, that even if you may never get this one thing you love back.... I'm sure something else will stroll through your life even better.
So my question to you is.... what hobbies do you like to participate in? And if you were suddenly unable to do them anymore what would you do?
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And while we are talking about J. Daniels, let me just tell you that she is one of my all time favs. The way that she draws you into her characters and makes you feel like its real life. She has a couple of different series books. The first I ever read was her Bama' Boys series (Alabama Summer Series). And I was hooked after reading just a little bit into the first one! So, go and check her out. Shes a super talented lady!
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