Henry, my son, was first introduced to Greek mythology via Disney’s ‘Hercules’. He has seen, “Clash of the Titans” & this past Sunday we all snuggled deep in covers & popcorn & watched “Wrath of the Titans”.
This past week, at his school, they have had authors come & read their books to the children. The children could buy copies of these books, signed by the author. Henry had come home everyday recounting his memories of what these authors has spoken about.
He called me on Thursday, he had a headache, he wanted me to bring him an advil. When I arrived at school- it was his lunch time. They unlocked the door & sent me to the cafeteria to find him. But first there was the library with the sign about the authors coming. I went in to see what book the children would hear today.
OMG. (i know, I’m way too old to be using OMG, but, really…OMG) The author had written a series of books about the Olympians- they were graphic novels (expensive comic books) there were books about Zeus, Athena, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, Aphrodite. I asked the liberians if I could buy two & have the author surprise him by calling his name to come & meet him & watch him autographed his books. The author is George O’Connor. He signed Henry’s books & drew a picture of each of the main heroes. I bought him Zeus & Poseidon.
I then went in search of Henry on the playground (lunch ended while I was in the library) I could barely contain my excitement!! The rest of the day was long…
He finally came home & he was unable to formulate the words to express his surprise & gratitude. So he just squeezed me very, very hard & couldn’t stop talking about how he found out. He told me he didn’t understand why the author called him up to see him. Everything that happened was a wonderful experience.
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Amy, you just made so many fabulous connections on that special day, with the author, with your son and with the moment! One of those days when you were in tune with yourself and all around you. You enriched all our days with this story and made you son feel AMAZING! Hooray!!!!!! -Karen
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You’ve just enriched my day, Karen. Thank you for reading the story. It was a wonderful, best day ever! ~amy
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This is so wonderful–what a nice thing to do for your son! Tell that cat not to try sharpening his claws on those special books!
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Ugh, you said it about the cat! He won’t touch those books. Thank you for reading it KerryCan. I really appreciate it. ~amy
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What a great story!
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Thank you so much, Karen! ~amy
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Your story warmed and softened my heart up to the point that my eye was letting tears out and was not of sadness but that of gut warming joy. You are a special Mother with special Children and I have to mention a special Hobbes to.Thanks for sharing your lovely story.
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Thank you so much, eva! thank you for reading it. I’m so glad that I was able to explain it in such a way that people would feel what I did, while I waited for him to come home. Thanks for liking Hobbes too. ~amy
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Fantastic!
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Thank you, kmihran! I’m so glad you liked his surprise. It was a wonderful day for both of us. ~amy
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This is too wonderful for words!
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That is exactly what my son said at first! He said, “I don’t know what to say!!” so he hugged me & thanked me. It was wonderful. Thank you! ~amy
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