The Secret Garden

Every day after elementary school, I rushed to the woods surrounding my home to build or protect one of my many forts. As the years went on, my twin brother and I attempted to hide our own forts from each other. In middle school, my best friends and I built a "Fort Knox" of forts that would become our secret meeting ground. In high school, I explored endless acres of tall grassland, that I would later call "The Field". I can't explain the wonder and freedom I felt in these places. But I can say I felt that thrill of discovery and adventure again when I recently read The Secret Garden. The book not only conjured my most vibrant and vivid memories from childhood, but also spoke to the present. Yeah... It might be a children's book, but we all might benefit once in awhile by seeing the world as a child does. Besides, there's a reason it's a classic.“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden