Thursday, 14 August 2008

• Your life and your Christian bookstore

  I was thinking a few years back about how you can mark your stage in life by Christian retail stores.   At my local Christian store all the books are divided into sections (I actually am not a fan of this store because they are not very happy and when you buy things they unenthusiastically say "Have a blessed day"  which I  think is insincere and cheapens the word 'blessed', but that's another story.)  The sections have labels like "Men's,  Dating, Parenting,  Marriage, Singles, Women's, Spiritual Warfare, etc. Now, this is entirely different than the way books are displayed at Barnes and Noble. All their books of that manner are in the "Relationship" section.  It's funny that this is only common to Christian bookstores.  Anyways, I was in the singles' section, and was thinking about how you can tell where a person is in life by what books they are considering purchasing.  For instance, I never go to the parenting section: I don't have kids, so why would I?  I don't go to the married section: again, not married.  Right now, I stick to the women's and singles' shelves.  And probably when everyone sees me shopping in these sections they realize I am single and a woman (I hope).  I suppose one day, when I am pregnant or I have a child, I will stay in the parenting section.  It's funny how a bookstore can so clearly divide your stage of life to a casual observer.
  
  

  At any rate people, I'm switchin' sections!!!!
  

  
  

      
  
  

  
  

  WOO HOO!!!
  
  

  PS I realize this is a terribly detached way to tell people that Josh and I are engaged, but you all are spread out so far so it's very convenient.  Impersonal, but convenient.
  

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