Well, it has been close to a year since I last blogged for the book club. I guess the club sort of feel a part as soon as it began and I am completely to blame for that! However, I have the great excuse that it took me a good 12 months to leave a VERY bad relationship and get well enough again to start reading and dreaming again- and what better a book than this one- Comedy in Minor Key.
In speaking about a refugee (Jew) during WWII in Germany who took shelter with a German couple, he had to part with all of his belongings and his life in order to find safety. I recently had a similar dilemma. I chose to leave my previous relationship for a better life where my kids and I can feel safe and to do this, I had to part with 75% of my belongings and move the 4 of us into 1 bedroom where we now share a home with another family and two other independent renters.
Unlike the novel I read, I now have the whole future ahead of me to start building relationships. I have freedom to do as I please- within my financial means.
This story showed me that even after the grueling struggle from where I have recently come from, I still have so much to be grateful for. If anything- I feel ever more blessed. This experience caused me to make tough decisions and to focus on what is really important- my children and our safety.
In speaking about a refugee (Jew) during WWII in Germany who took shelter with a German couple, he had to part with all of his belongings and his life in order to find safety. I recently had a similar dilemma. I chose to leave my previous relationship for a better life where my kids and I can feel safe and to do this, I had to part with 75% of my belongings and move the 4 of us into 1 bedroom where we now share a home with another family and two other independent renters.
Unlike the novel I read, I now have the whole future ahead of me to start building relationships. I have freedom to do as I please- within my financial means.
This story showed me that even after the grueling struggle from where I have recently come from, I still have so much to be grateful for. If anything- I feel ever more blessed. This experience caused me to make tough decisions and to focus on what is really important- my children and our safety.
