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Bright Ideas

sandra kring

Will was home from school yesterday for Veteran’s Day (Thank you, veterans, for this wonderful, free country we call home!) and we had the best time talking and playing golf and spending some good, quality time together. He was telling me a story about one of his friends at school and this nickname they had given him. It was so cute and so funny, but it sort of stopped me in my tracks. Because this person who, for three years, has been a complete extension of me, has this entire life outside of me. He goes and does things and says things and interacts with people that I don’t even know every, single day. 

It made me think of this amazing book I just finished:  A Life of Bright Ideas by the talented and funny and generous Sandra Kring. I’ve always loved the whole hippie, flower child era, and Sandra made me feel like I was living in it–for a few hundred pages, at least. But, even more so, she poignantly expresses the strength of true friendship, the power of those lasting bonds to transcend time and come back to us as if no time has passed at all. If you’ve ever experienced a bond like that then you know what I mean.

But, on the flip side, this book explores what happens when we don’t know people as well as we think we do, when we discover secrets about them that have the power to change our relationships with them forever. And she proves that, incredibly, sometimes the biggest secrets are the ones that strengthen our ties the most. 

I made the mistake of not reading The Book of Bright Ideas first. But I’m going to go back and read it now because I want to know what happened before just as much as all the readers who begged Sandra for a sequel wanted to know about the after! I think whatever order you choose, Sandra’s writing will captivate you just like it did me.

I’m off for my first TV interview about Dear Carolina… I hope I remember what it’s about… 

Happy Wednesday, friends! Hope it’s a great one! 

  • Awwww, I felt like that with my boys too when they were younger, I used to be the center of their universe and viola , one day , they have a whole different universe of their own! Still be thankful for that time he tells you about everything because someday soon, he won’t. Not that it’s bad, it’s just that as kids grow up there’s always something you seem to miss about their younger selves. Anyway, I still need to continue the last book you recommended, but I’ll keep this on my list. 🙂

  • Congratulations on your interview- that’s awesome! I think that’s another definite “Press for Champagne” moment! 🙂
    Thanks for sharing more great book ideas–handy now that it’s starting to be time to work on Christmas lists.

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