Book Treasure

On my nightstand, I have a stack of books brought back from Candy Squared's apartment. Their titles alone are a peek into Candy Squared--The Christmas Tree by Julie Salaman, My Cat Saved My Life by Philip Schreibman, When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold Kushner and two books by Barbara Brown Taylor--Leaving Church and An Altar in the World. I feel so lucky to have these books as Candy Squared and I both read, a lot. Already Taylor's books are refreshing my view of the world and faith. As I read Leaving Church, I enjoyed discovering that it also hit home with Candy Squared. I found passages underlined exactly where I'd want to underline also, if I were an underline -type reader. With that book finished, I started to read An Altar in the World. I noticed an index card tucked inside. Another spiritual connection to Candy Squared? I flipped it to find a single word penciled: Hairball. Hairball?  Sometimes a index card is simply a handy place marker, I think. I'll make use of Candy Squared's Hairball bookmark. It'll see me through the remainder of An Altar in the World. Eventually, the index card will travel to other books to hold new places. I will lose track of it. Someone else will flip it over, read the smudged scrawl Hairball and think Hairball?