My mom (who comments as Quilt Addict) is a library director. She is also Mimi. In her role as Mimi she keeps my son, Sam, while I’m at work. In her role as librarian, she works some afternoons. Inevitably these two roles collide, which makes for a little boy who loves the library . . . and Nancy.
Nancy is another librarian and a close family friend. Together, Nancy and Sam read books, build cardboard cities, and fly paper airplanes. They create cat toys, tease, and giggle. She teaches him to draw. He teaches her to use YouTube. They read more books.
“No, not yet,” Sam said when I arrived to take him home, “We are in the middle of this book.”
Nancy smiled and kept reading.
Their relationship has been built over books and years. Nancy takes the time to listen to him, read to him, and create with him. Some people wait a lifetime to have a friend like Nancy, yet Sam is one of the lucky ones. He has had this friend for a lifetime.
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This is one of my favorite slices, Ruth. Friends for life
is absolutely correct, but better than that are the memories Sam
will have for life.
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Great slice! I must admit it took me a second to see beyond the cat in the photo! I’m intrigued by that – perhaps the details there will inspire another slice…
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What a wonderful world for Sam and your mom and Nancy. Great Slice, Ruth
Bonnie
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I love the picture. My daughter loves the library as does her mother. What wonderful memories!
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Beautiful story/picture. And Sam will have these precious memories his whole life even if he doesn’t remember all the details–it will be instilled in him. And he will your blogs, too.
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I am showing this post to N……let’s see if she “gets” it.
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I have such fond memories of being in the library as a child. It was a mystical place for me. I’m sure it will be for him as well.
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An afternoon at the library with good friends and pets? Sounds just about perfect to me! I wish I was right there with them!
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What a lucky boy Sam is! Having a grandma and a friend who work at the library would have been my idea of heaven as a kid!
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Wow–tell Sam I am envious. What a great way for a little guy to grow up.
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That is really awesome how their relationship has been built through books! What a special relationship for Sam to have. –jee young
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How lucky for Sam and I bet Nancy feels equally as blessed by his presence in her life. Yes, this is a precious slice of life! ~Theresa
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That is such a sweet story, Ruth. You captured it
well.
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I believe Sam is indeed one of the lucky ones. You told us much in such a few precise words. I think I am learning what a ‘slice’ can be.
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