you is.

 

talk, chatter and praise for "the help" is running rampant in every media outlet, at coffee shops, carpool lines and likely over a brew or two.

i read this book early last year and even wrote about it here
i loved & adored it. and have since thought about it often.
i've been yearning for another book like it, to make me love books back again. 

i haven't seen the movie yet.
but am dying to. and will soon.
however, alex read the book at the beach a few weeks ago
and talks about skeeter, miss.hilly & abileen like they were in our kitchen 
just yesterday.

and i want that feeling back too.
so i'm re-reading the book now {knowing the turn of events and ending}
and naturally, i'm reading phrases, words, thoughts and sentiments
in a completely different way.

last night i read in bed and felt my heart 
leap and ache 
in moments just the same
as i began to understand 
and believe 
Abileen...and the words in her routine phrase she recited to little Mae Mobley every morning:

You is smart.

You is kind.

You is important.

makes me wonder: if more of us thought, felt and meant these words...

then shared them with someone else...

what a kinder place this would be.

from me to you...you is. happy day!

{and happy birthday, madre!!}}