Bradbury's Child

For a little girl there is no best place but the father's arms...

When I first read Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451", I fell in with the way he saw things. Writing fantasy but meaning reality. Then I read "Golden Apples of the Sun" and "Farewell Summer" - both collection of short stories by Bradbury. I felt comfort, soothing feeling, light breeze, fresh air, innocent sadness... And finally, there came "Dandelion Wine". There is never a wrong moment to read a particular book. Everything comes in right time, everything for the right purpose. 

So I dived into the yellow bottle of Dandelion Wine and came up refreshed, renewed, at times sad, sometimes excited, many times loved, always grateful... Grateful for my own childhood, grateful for a family no less exciting than Douglas Spaulding's, grateful for not minding we never made a Dandelion Wine in my world, we made mulberry syrup and rose water. Bradbury unwrapped my memories like you would open your birthday gifts, knowing what to expect and being thankful. I would write endless stories about my childhood, perhaps I will, someday. But what my message to you, my dear reader, is that if you want to dive into good memories without waking up the evil dragons, this book is just what you need. Get drunk by the words, feel good by the memories, relax by the aftertaste. I managed it, yes, I did by not evolving all the pain, to go back, to peek into my past, to try to feel the warmth of my father's arms. It felt peaceful! This book made me once more, want to cook an apple cinnamon pie and a lemon cake and dance in the rain, and be brave and smile a lot and just do simple things that would brighten up your loved ones, thus yourself. Like a caring father, Bradbury taught me that love is in the small things and it is everywhere. 

As awkward as it may seem to you, but when I write about Bradbury, I remember Rumi, when I think of Rumi, my thoughts fly to Bradbury. After writing all these words, a Rumi quote comes to my mind: "Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there!" And he promises, all the comfort and peace will come to you...

For a big girl there is no best place but the love's arms...