September 10, 2013 - Libraries

This day was special.  My son went to the Putnam County Library for the first time.  He loved it. The library that I visited when I was a child has been transformed into a modern library/information/community center.  The original library building had been added on to and my favorite section, the children's area, had been moved to a downstairs addition.  I carried my son through the old portion and paused, which prompted a worker to ask if I needed help.  I replied that I was just reminiscing and hadn't been there since the remodel.  He stated that I didn't look old enough to have been in the old building.  I assured him that I had read every book that once lived in this section of the library, and I had many fond memories of coming there with my mom and sister. 
The library has a great collection of DVDs, CDs, books on CD, and other digital media.  Of course they have books, but I noticed that there was a special section of computers set up just for little kids to use to play interactive games.  There was a lot of puzzles set up for little hands like my son's to grab too.  They had an entire collection of children's learning DVDs and music CDs too.  It really is a nice library, and I know that we will be back many more times. 
As I was checking out, I had to get a library card.  The lady asked if I had had one before, and I said I had, but she couldn't find my name in the system.  I remember having a card.  In fact, I had to have multiple cards when I was younger because they wore out.  They used to be made of paper and every time you checked out a book they actually wrote the number of the card in the little index card that went in each book.  When I checked out 40 books at a time it took a while to write my number over and over.  It has been a long time since I lived here, but my new library card is part of the evidence that we are back.