Today I think I have recovered from BC. I usually like to post the very next day, so my memory serves me well, but this time I needed a few days to regroup.Deb is an amazing hostess. Her home is adorable, beautiful, cozy, darling, effeminate, fabulous, gorgeous, .........and the rest of the alphabet words for spectacular. The food was probably the very best meal we have ever had ~inside joke~! Honestly, we had steaks ~ that's a first for our group!
This month we read Quentins by Maeve Binchy. In this novel Binchy incorporates several characters from her previous novels into the action at Quentins ~ Signora from Evening Class, Ria from Tara Road and several others. We have read Evening Class and Tara Road, both of which I enjoyed. Quentins was well received by most of the group. I, of course, loved it! Lots of similarities in my life and Ella's....no - no vile Don Richardson in my life, but I am an only child, a teacher, and I have met and fallen in love with some very interesting guys. My DH is no exception. He is one to put his heart and soul into his work, which is what most of the characters in the novel did.
Of course, while reading this novel, you can see the ending, all happily ever after, coming a mile away, even so we all found something to like about Quentins. I loved the restaurant! Let's go out to eat!
Probably the best thing we should have received from the story (and the night's conversation in general) is how different people react to bad things that happen in life, and how some of those reactions help you to heal and move on, or will lead to bitterness or guilt, or worse.
The positive affirmations all over Deb's home motivated me to add some to my home, and leave this post with one for the road ~ "You are in charge of what enters your mind." Try not to waste precious energy complaining. It is far better to face what is bothering us and to do something about it than to dwell on something negative that dampens our spirits and the spirits of those around us.
