Beyond Scribbles

Books.

The ones that have been keeping me company these past few months.

And that includes the ones I couldn’t finish for various reasons, too. Even the ones I stopped reading halfway through because they were not quite what I had hoped.

There is no book that cannot nourish my thoughts, my mind, in some way.

Last month, I read a book written by a person I randomly came across on YouTube while watching one of the survival stories. Her name is Rejitha Nandini, and the book is called Lemon Candies. It is a memoir of sorts, narrating stories from her childhood.

That book brought back such fond memories for me. I felt as though I had been given a lemon candy and was relishing the sweetness it had to offer through tales from her childhood. It could be because she and I come from the same hometown, and there were some similarities in the way we lived a long time ago. The same language, the same festivals, the same familiar threads of a shared place.

Reading that book made me want to write about my own childhood stories as well.

A book that inspires its reader to write is soul-nourishing, indeed.

My love for reading and writing will continue to grow for as long as there are books to read.

And for now, that is what truly nourishes me.

© Vinitha Dileep

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This piece is written in response to Write Bravely June Prompt –

What truly nourishes me right now is…
Write without editing for ten minutes. Don’t explain or justify—just name what feeds you in this season.

Thank you, Corinne.