Reading and Chatting.

Tonight was another wonderful night of sitting together with friends, discussing a book that we read for our book club.  Tonight was also a bit more than that for me.  Tonight, i realized something that i have been noticing in the past, but that became glaringly obvious while seven of us laughed and shared stories and related to characters and to each other.  This book club is one of my favorite parts of the month.  It is a refuge from my daily life of juggling time and energies amongst the masses.  It is a time that i can devote solely to my friends and our collective thoughts and feelings as it may relate to any given topic.  Sometimes the topic is based on the book at hand, but sometimes it's so far off we would have no idea where we got there from.  We are all so different yet have this one common bond that brings us together once a month to create a united bond that is somehow stronger than most.  I am thankful for this book club, for these friends.  I am thankful for monthly books to keep my mind from being lazy.  i am thankful for the thoughts that come from our discussions, and for the thoughts that come days after- still lingering from a word or sentence that someone left out there.  i am thankful, and as always, looking very much forward to next month, again!