In light of all the negativity going on in my life right now (and I generally prefer the positivity) I am deliberately ignoring and focusing on the good things.
Like tonight, at work, a teenage boy comes up to my desk and asks if we have books on insect identification. I looked it up and we do (595s if you're curious) so I found him a couple of books. Now, about an hour and a half later, he is still here--with his dad.
Apparently, this kid has noticed some unusual bugs lately and wanted to know what they were. His dad couldn't tell him, so they took pictures of the bugs, blew them up to 8.5 x 11" so they could get some great detail and came to the library.
I think it is beyond awesome that this teenage boy cares about this stuff and that when he didn't know an answer, this is the solution his dad gave him. The dad also didn't just tell the kid to go look it up, he brought him here and is assisting him the entire time.
There is nothing about this scenario that isn't exceptionally wonderful. In my eyes, this father and son are like the poster boys for library use. That's just exactly how it should be.
I wish it were like this much more often.
Kudos to excellent parenting, excellent libraries (and librarians!), and finding out what you want to know.
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