Books

I love to read. I think I learned to love to read when I was a lonely little foster kid being shifted from one home to another. I never could get close to friends during those first few years in the system because I would always lose whatever friends I had made so Books became my best friends. I didn't care what the book was about sometimes. I would read whatever had words in it.

Sometimes I would curl up in a special place and lose myself in the book for hours. Most of the time it would be my room or a favorite chair but when I moved to my last foster home, it was the attic. I would stay there for hours and read.

I would lose myself in all the Trixie Beldon books, the Hary boys series, and the Bobsy Twins. Later it was nancy drew.

I loved Horses and BLACK BEAUTY by Anna Sewell was my all time favorite when I was growing up. I cried when Beauty got sold and Ginger died. It was so sad. I loved MY FRIEND FLICKA, THE GREEN GRASS OF WYOMING, and there was one about an arabian stallion that a young boy raised. Oh, I cannot forget the BLACK STALLION SERIES.

As I grew into a teen I learned to love all the romance stories. The comic romances and such. I had a dark period where I would root around for some real crime books and read murder stories but that did not last long.

While I was growing up, my childhood was basically a happy one for a child that was being shifted from one home to another. But I never felt I had family or roots in the real sense. I would curl up in the attic read about the girl with the beautiful horses that lived with a family that cared about her and dreamed I would find one like that too. I would often immerse myself in the world of the young boys such as the hardy boys and walk with them as she sovled each mystery and Nancy drew was my sidekick in many adventures.

I could lose myself and become a totally different special person. I loved books feel they kept me sane and happy at times. They still do....