Daily Prompt: Happily Ever After

“And they lived happily ever after.” Think about this line for a few minutes. Are you living happily ever after? If not, what will it take for you to get there?

I’m not sure what “happily ever after” means, but for me I would have to say it means being continuously content, with what I have and also with what I don’t have, and joyful, with the good and with the bad.  But at the same time, striving to improve the things that need improving and making a difference in my family’s lives.  

My husband and I have been married 36 years this July.  We’ve certainly had our good times and bad.  We have had some major differences and disagreements, but we have come to a tacit agreement to accept and respect each other’s views.  I left him for a year and a half, and took my daughter and granddaughter with me, but all the while I knew I belonged with him.  I left to make a point and decided I wouldn’t go back till he heard me.  The time finally came last summer when I knew without him even telling me that he understood.  I, my daughter and granddaughter went back home.  

But, ya know what? I learned something too.  He also had a point, and I heard it.  I’m not the only one with a point to make.  It took a year and a half, but when we came back together, we were better.

I guess what I am trying to say is that the thing that makes this “happily ever after” is love.  

DP Challenge – eBooks, Paper Books, or Both? That is the Question

I love to read, I read every day.  I couldn’t live without books.  Most of the time I use an ereader of some sort, usually my tablet. My kindle isn’t used as much since I got my tablet, especially when I found out I could put the kindle app on it.  🙂

I read newspapers on it, I read inspirational / self-help books on it, then when I am ready for an easy-read, I switch to a mystery thriller.  Then sometimes I interrupt that to look up a recipe for supper, then back to my story again.  I can even journal on it.  All in one little device.  How cool is that!

In the mornings, I read my Bible (actually several) and various other religious / devotional / inspirational books to get my day started.  And sometimes, I’ll take it in the bathroom while I’m getting ready for the day, and since I can’t read and put on makeup at the same time, I will listen to a book.  

There are times, though, when I have to have a book.  There are times when I am trying to follow a manual while I am doing something like Photoshop, and I would rather use a book because it’s easier to see the directions and pictures on the pages and cross-reference if I have to.  Searching on an ereader can be frustrating.  

And, last but not least, there are times when I like to fall asleep with a book, and I would rather drop my book than my tablet.  🙂