After all, children model what they see, and my kids often see me with a book close by. I don't read around them often - only when we are having "independent reading" time, because I like to be present and interactive when I'm spending time with them, but they see me carrying around books, shopping for books, flipping through books, and organizing books all the time.
One of the hardest parts of new motherhood for me has been seeing my reading time cut down. All parents experience this loss of free time, whatever their activity of choice, but it is a sacrifice that we all make. I find it particularly frustrating when there's a new release that I've been dying to read and I have to stare at it, just sitting there on my table, until bed time.
It's a good thing I have adorable faces to concentrate on, or who knows what would happen?
You go ahead and read, I'll just grab the abandoned box of tissues that's been calling my name all morning
Before my kids were born, I read anywhere from 100-120 books a year. I've been on maternity leave for most of the past two years, and I've managed about 50-60 a year in that time. This year I'm going back to work full time as a Resident Psychiatrist and I'm aiming for a modest 40 books.
Because I expect my schedule to be fairly busy, I can't commit to many of the 50-Book challenges that float around the internet in January. This is disappointing; I did one last year and had a lot of fun searching for books to fit the categories.
For that reason, I decided to create one of my own: it's just 16 books long and I hope it'll be as much fun as the last. Feel free to use it & Happy Reading
:)
Done! Now I have three reading challenges for this year! (And I need to change my profile name to "two" haven't figured out how to yet! :)
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