O.K., it's not really that bad.
We just finished reading our 40th and final book of the Left Behind Series for Kids . We've been reading the books since a year ago Christmas. That means that we have developed relationships with the characters. We've gotten to know them--really well! And now it's over. After a year and a half, we had to say goodbye. It was a pretty bittersweet moment. It reminds me of when I finished reading the last Little House on the Prairie book when I was a kid. I just wasn't ready to say goodbye! As I remember, I moped around for a few days until I found another book to stick my nose in.
So today, to help alleviate our sadness, we reconnected with others that we've already met. This afternoon, we began reading Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis. We figured that this was a pretty good choice since the movie will be coming out in May. We love being able to read the book before seeing the movie.
Now, if you ask my older two, they will tell you that we have read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at least a hundred times--it is true that we have read this book many times over. I think the first time that I read the book to them was when Carrie was 5 and William was 3. I had never read the book before, so I just jumped right in. As I read, I worried about whether or not the story would give them nightmares, but instead, they understood much more of the Christian parallels than I could have imagined--and they kept asking for more! Every time we read the book, the story just got better and better.
It was so much fun to go to the movie theater to see The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It was also fun to come home and talk about what was the same and what was different--what we enjoyed and what we were disappointed with. Joshua was pretty little when we went--still nursing, so we took him with us. I remember that he laughed at Mr. and Mrs. Beaver. I once again was afraid that the story might give nightmares--with all the scary creatures and noises--but he fell asleep before the most intense scenes.
Anyway, here we are again, saturating ourselves in the lives of "our friends," Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. In fact, we just popped the movie into the DVD player.
Reunion time...
I LOVED the Little House on the Prairie series as a kid, and I felt the same way after I had finished them all, despite the fact that it took me a LONG time to finally read them all. That is wonderful that your family spends that time together!
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