Last night, I was going through a pile of papers that had accumulated on my kitchen counter, when I came across this little gem. One day back in June, while I was at work at the book store, these two young girls approached me and handed me this "certificate" along with a lollipop. I was a little caught off guard, but then when I read what the piece of paper said, my heart swelled a little bit. Here were two young girls, going around handing out these pieces of paper to complete strangers all to promote reading*! I wanted to hug them, but I'm not a hugger, so I did the next best thing and engaged them in conversation and asked them what
they were currently reading. I just couldn't get over how sweet and innocent the whole thing was.
Unfortunately, I didn't think to ask them their names, or if they had website or some way for other people to get involved - like a "pass-it-on" type thing. But I like to think they are still out there, handing out Certificates of Awesomeness to unsuspecting readers. (Even though us readers don't need any more convincing to be reading...but still.) The thought and effort is beautiful.
Little moments like this remind me that people are still reading and books will stick around for a long time.
*Obviously I wasn't
reading while I was at work, but they said that because I worked in a book store, it pretty much counted as the same thing. So I am still awesome.
