UBC: What it Meant to Me

You truly never know where your day is headed.  When I woke up this morning, I knew a few things.  I knew I had to attend a webinar that would likely be boring.  I knew I had to sit through three hours of duty protocol training with the RDs.  I knew I had a lot of work to do that was making me anxious.  Aside from that, I had no idea what would fill in the gaps to make today unique.

And when Anthony called...four times in a row...I immediately assumed something important was happening that needed my attention.  What I didn't know was that I was right and wrong at the same time.  No, AJ wasn't being rushed to the hospital.  Instead, Anthony was just excited because he was hosting the first Unique Book Club (UBC) meeting, and he wanted me to attend.  I laughed when he asked me; first because in the split second before I was scared of what was wrong, and second because I could hear Anthony's excitement through the phone.  Only Anthony could get so excited over a book club that had one unique feature: everyone reads their own book.  But his excitement is hard to resist, so though I knew I wanted to take a walk, I headed to his apartment.  And instead of a walk, I took a leap.

What I leapt into was an evening of sharing, learning and rejuvenating that I could not have foreseen.  As I sat there and listened to the stories of my co-workers and friends, it occurred to me more than once that I had stumbled into something so much more than a book club.  I stumbled into a circle of people who provided me with support, entertainment and encouragement in just a few short hours.  Imagine what could happen by meeting on a regular basis?  This was about so much more than reading; this was about living.  What a unique book club, indeed.