RightBooks4Kids Weekly Roundup Vo.15

“Pooh took his largest pot of honey and escaped with it to a broad branch of his tree and then he climbed down again and escaped with another pot… and when the whole Escape was finished, there was Pooh sitting on his branch and beside him were ten pots of honey.” ~A.A.Milne

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The world has me feeling a bit like Pooh. Escaping sounds pretty good right now, doesn’t it? My husband was gone this entire week on business and he returned late last evening. I felt the heaviness of him being across the country just melt away when I saw him, suitcase in hand, on the porch. I had been escaping in my mind all week, willing away the moments until he returned. It’s so pleasant to have a kindred partner in this dark world, but that makes it harder when they are away. Pooh had his honey and tree branch, I had my Airpods and a queue of podcast episodes while folding laundry. And now he is home and I feel a bit more like myself but I won’t lie….escaping still sounds quite nice. Maybe into the woods where the leaves are thick on the ground and there are plenty of fallen trees to just have a seat on. Where it’s quiet and you can’t hear the constant buzzing of the world and all its maddening groans.