Basehor Library

by Pat Antonopoulos

Another wonderful group of women shared our book at the Basehor Library on October 5. Laura arranged the gathering, welcoming us with her beautiful smile.

As the women gathered, they talked among themselves, about neighbors, fellow church members and answered prayers, plus snippets of family-talk. The feeling generated was one of small town caring and sharing.

Before Patti, Jo Ann and I were introduced, Laura was thanked for all her community efforts, the outreach she managed through the library. Public words of appreciation for Laura were very important to these women. How great is that!

By now, the room was congenial, relaxed, accepting---and we were introduced. The two hours went very quickly as thoughtful questions and interesting comments came from the audience. Actually, it didn't feel like a situation of speakers-and-audience. Rather, we were ordinary women sharing ourselves through conversation, smiles, eye contact and laughter.

One of our expressed purposes in writing Four Ordinary Women was the fostering of woman-to-woman communication on as deep a level as the each situation permitted. Each of our author events has been blessed with women who shared this purpose.