Time/MVP books

Hello, I know I haven't posted in a long time but...where does the time go? I know, an old cliche, but the older I get the faster time seems to move. I remember being a kid and thinking time moved too slowly, except when summer holidays rolled around. And summer is soon upon us, again. Another year of school almost completed. My oldest going into grade twelve. Last year she was in grade one. Time is strange and I'm always baffled about how important it is to all of us. How often we look at the clock in a day. And how we use the word for many different things. Like--What time is it? Or...speaking of time, I had a great time in Kelowna. Since I last posted I took a trip to Kelowna for a hockey tournament. The organizer, Mike Rout, decided to order my books for MVP awards. After every game a player from each team was picked. The books were a huge success and I'm thrilled. I wasn't sure how the hockey players, mainly boys, would react to getting a book instead of a medal. But they were excited! This is a great plug for literacy. Sometimes, I wonder if I'm actually doing anything to help the world but then after this tournament I think I might be. Yes, I sponser two children with World Vision, but hey, I'm not a movie star and I haven't adopted a child from Vietnam and I don't sit on the board of the UN and I haven't yet been to Africa or Mexico to build a school or house. (My daughter has applied to do this with the Free the Children organization and this is something I've always wanted to do but am totally encouraging her to do.) The big things seem to pass me by, because...back to time...I'm still at home raising children and trying to write books and stay afloat. A part of me says, excuses, excuses. But then, after this tournament,I think, maybe I am doing something by encouraging kids to read. In my small, small way maybe I'm a tiny, tiny cog in the wheel. When the kids came to me with excitement in their eyes to get their books signed my heart swelled. And not from ego but from a small sense of purpose. I think we all need a sense of purpose, even if it is a small token towards helping society in a positive way. We can't all be movie stars. But we can recycle, we can turn off our lights, we can smile at people, we can something nice to someone and make their day. And I think, even if we can only do the small things, we can do them with pride. Have a great day everyone and I promise to blog more often.