Beverly Cleary died in March, and it is so bittersweet for me. My son and I have been listening and re-listening to the Beverly Cleary oeuvre on audio—especially the Ramona books—for the past five years, ever since he was a preschooler who asked 400 questions a day. At that time, my years as a stay-at-home mother were stretching out longer than I had anticipated. Elias, a precocious and energetic child, had preschool a few mornings a week, and I had an intense love for him and also an overwhelming sense of feeling like a hollowed-out husk at the end of most days.
Ramona and Elias
Ramona and Elias
Ramona and Elias
Beverly Cleary died in March, and it is so bittersweet for me. My son and I have been listening and re-listening to the Beverly Cleary oeuvre on audio—especially the Ramona books—for the past five years, ever since he was a preschooler who asked 400 questions a day. At that time, my years as a stay-at-home mother were stretching out longer than I had anticipated. Elias, a precocious and energetic child, had preschool a few mornings a week, and I had an intense love for him and also an overwhelming sense of feeling like a hollowed-out husk at the end of most days.