Library Expectations
I am back at one of my happy places, our public library. Fully reopened I am once again browsing shelves discovering new authors and visiting old favorites. Free books, movies, magazines, music, and friendly librarians, now that is my kind of place. Since my younger years, I have always looked forward to a visit to the library. Any topic I am interested in, skills I want to brush up on or place I want to visit, is right there within my reach. During the shutdown, the library still came through keeping me supplied with fresh reading material. Picking up my online order of books and movies from the parking lot became the new system. It was not as satisfying as strolling the aisles, nevertheless I was grateful. My library has never disappointed me. That is until my most recent visit. On that particular outing, I was looking for a specific movie. It is very popular and I expected there would be several copies. I looked on the shelf and searched the online catalog. The movie could not be found. I left feeling let down.
Let me tell you what put me on this path in the first place...
Recently my brother-in-law Jim called saying he had an extra ticket to Disney on Ice. He asked if I would like to join him and his granddaughter Dali. I tried to be cool about it, not wanting Jim to know how excited I was about going. Immediately my mind went back to being on a Disney Cruise with nieces Tanya, Maya, and Tatiana. Where I eagerly stood in line with the little ones to see Princess Tiana. (Did I mention I had no little ones of my own with me?) I am not one to turn down an opportunity to step away from the worries of the world for some fun filled fantasy family time. You had better believe I was ready to go when Jim and Dali picked me up twenty minutes later.
A short ride to Philadelphia and we were there in our excellent seats in the front. The show was fantastic! I became a Disney Princess surrounded by other princesses in the audience young and old. Jim and I surprised ourselves at how well we helped to solve the case as it unfolded on stage. We all shouted, clapped and sang at the top of our voices. It was so much fun!
(I could not fit into Dali’s blue princess dress but I think you get the idea.)
I plan to take my grandchildren to an ice skating show one day. I decided to brush up on Disney movies to be ready. I intended to begin with the one whose chorus I sang so loudly, “Let it go, let it go…” My trip to the library to pick up that Disney movie is what led to my frustration. Two days later, in the middle of the night I realized why the library did not have the movie I was looking for. I had been searching for a Disney movie called “Ice” when I should have been looking for a movie called “Frozen.” Go figure!
Be sure to visit your happy places often. While you can, embrace the opportunities that build the happiest of memories. You will not regret it.
Amanda🤗
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