I gave up chocolate to win a contest!

What's wrong with me? Somehow before I knew it, the words had shot out of my mouth. Doug said he would give up Diet Dr. Pepper if I would give up something and my mouth involuntarily shouted out, "OK, I'll give up chocolate!" It was like the words were tangible, hanging there in mid-air. I looked down at them, but couldn't take them back quickly enough--it was game on. That was on June 5. Our contracts are taped to the inside of the kitchen cupboard. The most difficult chocolate I've passed up has been my dad's homemade fudge, our famous fudgy chocolate birthday cake--twice, and chocolate chip cookies every Friday.

I can hardly believe it's August and I'm chocolate free. What has happened to me?

Nana's Book Club First Selection

The first book for Nana's Book Club will be one by C.S. Lewis called "The Great Divorce." The book jacket gives this summary: "In The Great Divorce C.S. Lewis again employs his formidable talent for fable and allegory. The writer finds himself in Hell boarding a bus bound for Heaven. The amazing opportunity is that anyone who wants to stay in Heavenn, can. This is the starting point for an extraordinary meditation upon good and evil, grace and judgment. Lewis's revolutionary idea is the discovery that the gates of Hell are locked from the inside. In Lewis's own words, "If we insist on keeping Hell (or even earth) we shall not see Heaven: if we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell."

Pick one up at the library or Barnes and Nobel, or borrow one. The idea of our blog is that as we are all reading, we can post insights, questions, and comments and make everyone's reading more profound.

If you have suggestions for additional books that meet the criteria outlilned for Nana's Book Club, please add them to your post.

Welcome to Nana's Book Club!

Welcome everyone,

For those of you who don't know, Nana's birthday is in two days! Two things Nana loves to do are read, and keep in touch with those she loves. This gives her an opportunity to combine those two! Books will be chosen that teach/talk about/exemplify/etc. any of the wonderful characteristics that Nana embodies (Grace, class, charity, compassion, love, humor, die-hard BYU football and Jazz fan, etc.). The intent of this blog is to be an uplifting discussion board for all of us to share thoughts we may have while reading the books we choose. Oftentimes our seemingly insignificant thoughts are exactly what another person needed to hear. So don't be afraid to share!