dictionary

I love the Dictionary.

And I am grateful that there are so very many words. I love words. I love the sound of words. I love writing words. I love reading words. I love spelling words. And I am thankful that all of those wonderful words can be found in one place.

In a musical I saw a few years ago, a little girl is a finalist in a Spelling Bee and she sings a song about her best friend: the Dictionary.

I love my Dictionary

And I love the indented border

Every word's in alphabetical order

Ergo, lost things always can be found

And I wrap my head around the fact that in one book

Is the entire language of our species

Which is a favorite term of Nicci's

Who's the great-grandfather of Christina Ricci's

(hee hee hee)

Yes, I joke, but the words in the Dictionary

Are the friends that I'll have forever

More than the friends I have made in school

My friend, the Dictionary

Is a very reliable friend

I love this song. I, too, love the Dictionary, and consider it a very reliable friend.

I love the Dictionary. I love learning new words. I love reading all of the definitions of words I think I know and learning something new.

I am grateful God gave us a way to communicate with each other. I am grateful that there are so many words we can use to communicate - so many beautiful, wonderful, eloquent words.

And I am thankful for the Dictionary, the one book that contains the entire language of our species.

And that it's in alphabetical order.

Obviously.