From the Stacks

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Answering the phone at the library desk, a woman’s voice whispered, “Please pick out three books for me and my husband will get them this afternoon.” I agreed to do so and asked her name. She mumbled her name but I thought I heard “desperate mom stuck at home with kids”! I selected three terrific books, checked them out to this patron, and placed them in a sack for pick up. When her husband arrived, he thanked me profusely for saving his wife’s sanity. This staying home constantly with three children was an all-consuming endeavor.

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