Today I want to share. Pictured:   7th grade, 13 years old. Disneyland. The summer I found “My Father’s Dragon.” 2000. San Diego. Summertime. Story Time: “My Father’s Dragon” had a profound impact on my formative teenage years, growing up in that coveted Y2K era. AOL was a luxury for the echelons of the middle class, and not something our small family could afford. Instead, libraries became a beacon where I could truly submerge myself. Pictured Book: “My Father’s Dragon” by R

"Librarians Save Lives by handing the right book at the right time, to a kid in need" --Judy Blume Today I want to share with everyone a very special, near-and-dear book to my heart and how it shaped by life. Pictured: 2nd grade, 8 years old, with the teacher who transformed my life and opened up a world of imagination. Mrs. Hurst 1995. San Diego. February 8th. Story Time: It was a dark, rainy morning, and I wore a white crinoline dress. The tulle was way too itchy, and my

As a someone having grown up with a disinterest in action and science fiction epics due to a lack of heroic female figures, Star Wars was never something I yearned to be a part of. As years went on and my cinematic pallet shifted, I revisited the ones made during my lifetime. Again, I found myself uninterested in its story.  Then The Force Awakens happened. I found myself enthralled. I felt myself immersed in this world. I knew fans were split down the middle in terms how the