{that book} #sol16

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I have a hard time squeezing in all that I want and need to do.  Every day priorities shift and change depending on the schedule and the little things in life that come up.

Until I find that book*.

Then everything in life stops.  Priorities are set aside.  And I read.

Every waking moment that is free from responsibility, I read.

A couple pages during my breakfast while I watch the time tick-tock and I shuffle girls along.

Relaxing at lunch with my book open, falling deep into another world.

After school, waiting while the girls tap and dance, I jump into this other life.

The girls are tucked in bed, I'm on the couch desperately holding onto the last word.

Later at night, I click on my side light and reenter the pages of that book.

Every waking moment that is free from responsibility, I read.

Then everything in life stops. Priorities are set aside. And I read.

Until I finish that book.

This is what I hope and dream about for my students, my readers.  That book that they can't put down.

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*That book that I'm reading right now:  salt to the sea by Ruta Sepetys. It's amazing.