When my grandmother became a widow she tried to embrace new activities to keep herself busy and go out a little, instead of staying at home thinking she was alone.
I remember that the first thing she did was signing up for computer classes, when she was almost 80! There she went for a couple of courses, and now she knows how to send emails to us, her children and grandchildren; look for whatever she is interested using google, as well as reading the newspaper online, and my blog too!
She also likes sewing with a friend of hers (we all have beautiful curtains, tablecloths and woolen hats made by her) and she is reading a lot lately. Of course, I am the one in charge of providing books for her to read.
I find quite difficult to recommend books, but after some failed attempts I knew exactly which reads she is most likely to enjoy. The problem here is that after a couple of years I have almost run out of her kind of books; I asked her why she doesn’t learn English so I can lend her some books she will love, but she didn’t want to hear about it, so I went for the only choice left: I decided the time to get her own library card had come.
We went to the library together last week in order to get the card (I had already filled the form, etc.), take a look around the library for her to know where to find the novels the next time she goes, and look for the only novel by Kate Morton she hasn’t read yet, which was borrowed (Who dared! Grrrr).
In the end, we decided to borrow another book by Jojo Moyes, because we both loved Me before you (my review), and then we had a coffee together to celebrate.
Hope she enjoys walking around the bookshelves at the library as much as I do!
From Isi 
I love people like your grandmother. People who still have the desire to learning and continuing living every day. In the future, I would like to have her same spirit.
I feel exactly the same about her: I would also like to have her energy to keep on doing new things, no matter the age.
What a lovely story. Wishing her (and you) many hours of blissful reading.
Thank you, Lori! I’m sure we will share lots of reads in the future, as well as we do now 🙂
How adorable and sweet you did that for your grandmother and are so close. She sounds like quite a lady, taking computer classes at age 80! Thanks for putting a smile on my face this morning!
Thanks for your comment, Tanya!
Indeed, she sometimes does “old lady things”, like never wearing trousers, but she is very mordern in other ways 😀 She went to computer classes despite the fact she had never touched a computer before, and now she sends me her opinion about some books via whatsapp 😉
I expect one day we’ll see a guest post from grandma 🙂 Would love to be a fly on the wall to hear you and her talk about Me Before You. 🙂
Aww that is great Isi. Hope your grandmother will have a lot of fun with her library card.
This is such a lovely post. I’m glad your grandmother is doing something with her free time and she chose the best past time – reading! I’m glad that you two are bonding over books, library and coffee (and I see some nice sweet treats too).
It’s fantastic that you are inspiring your grandmother to read!
This is lovely, Isi, and you grandmother sounds amazing. Good idea to get a library card, as well as coffee and cake!
Oh this is fabulous! I hope she finds all kinds of great authors to love!
Bravo to you and to your grandmother! She is proof that you are never too old to try something new. I hope she has many more years of reading ahead of her.