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A review by novabird
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
5.0
A remedy for restlessness and/or the type of Gypsy-blood, spring fever that is quickened by the wind and urges one to follow a wilder inner compass and throw caution to the four corners of the earth. This is a lovely children's book that reminds us that, "Home is where the heart is."
This book first published in 1942 helped quell my own bi-annual, hard-wired urge to uproot myself and start over somewhere new. Consequently, I read it aloud to both of my wayward and wanderlust children to hopefully innoculate them from the vagaries of hitting the road and to let them know my love was with them like a polestar wherever they decided to journey.
My daughter returned to herself and found her inner sense of home.
My son did not return.
And at this time of year, I acknowledge my son' Gordon Clark's decision to journey to another plane of existence. After years of struggle with mental health issues, he decided to end his incarnation here on earth and not come home. Instead, he chose a farther destination. Yet, my love for him remains, like a polestar. And when he's ready, we will meet again.
This book first published in 1942 helped quell my own bi-annual, hard-wired urge to uproot myself and start over somewhere new. Consequently, I read it aloud to both of my wayward and wanderlust children to hopefully innoculate them from the vagaries of hitting the road and to let them know my love was with them like a polestar wherever they decided to journey.
My daughter returned to herself and found her inner sense of home.
My son did not return.
And at this time of year, I acknowledge my son' Gordon Clark's decision to journey to another plane of existence. After years of struggle with mental health issues, he decided to end his incarnation here on earth and not come home. Instead, he chose a farther destination. Yet, my love for him remains, like a polestar. And when he's ready, we will meet again.