Look at me doing a second blog post this week. I just might be getting the hang of this! Well not really, and honestly I have no idea if anyone is reading them! But I’m putting out content!! Whether it’s being read or not. So what caused me to actually write a second blog this week? I just had one of those moments in life that was just to good not to write it down.

I was doing a book signing this morning at our local bakery here in Waterville. Stephanie, the bakery owner, told me that folks were so excited about my book signing! She asked if I would be doing a reading. Since I’m not a professional author, more like a mom that wrote a book, I had no idea what a reading would look like. So not really sure what to do I got up bright and early this morning, poured through my book and found a couple of examples of things I could read out loud.

At around 9:15 this morning, with several folks milling around waiting to see if I would read anything I finally announced that if anyone was interested I would read a bit of the book. So I set the scene for them and then started reading. I was reading the part where Lydia is standing next to Nelly’s grave and Asa is watching her from the tree line. As with a lot of the book it’s pretty dramatic. I had planned to read two pages, and as I was reading along I just happened to glance up. The woman that was standing closest to me had the most incredible look on her face. I only looked for a moment, as I did not want to break my stride in reading, but she was clearly mesmerized by the story. She truly looked like she had been swept away and was standing before Nelly’s grave herself. Seeing it all for herself. It was that amazing of an experience for her. And for me!

At that moment, and for the rest of my time in the bakery, I truly did not care if I sold another book. It’s one thing to hear people tell me that they loved my book. That they couldn’t put it down. That it was a great escape for them. That’s all well and good. But to look up and see that words that I put on paper have literally transported another human being to a far away place in their mind was just….well… it was pretty darn cool!