I read all your books, but today Iād like to share my story about The Graveyard Book. Itās a bit long.
I remember that I listened to the audio book in almost pitch black in a park, before I actually read that book. It was in winter, and the park was covered in deep snow. I walked through a path between some dark and tall pine trees. There, your voice read the story in my headphones. The story began with something about āa knife in the darknessā.
I wasnāt exactly existed to the rest of the world at the time. I have development disorder (Ok I have autism but not the smart kind that most people would have imagined), I have intellectual disabilities, I was very delayed in development, and it took me years to learn the simplest things most people would learn as toddlers. I was homeschooled at times and when I actually went to school it was in an untraditional way.
Now Iām not sure what was happening when I heard/read The Grave Book for the first time, but I remember I wanāt anywhere in this world and wasnāt really doing anything. I was in between.
I love the idea about the goblinsā underground world very much. I also love the idea about befriending ghosts. I dreamt to have ghost friends. I literally dreamt about me chasing after some ghosts, hoping they can be my friends but they were too social-phobic and they always scattered away.
But most of all I love what Bod said, āI want to see life. I want to hold it in my hands. I want to leave a footprint on the sand of a desert island. I want to play football with people. I wantā¦I want everything.ā
This was exactly what I thought at the time. Iām disabled, I can be uncomfortable in many environments, I get tired easily, I get into troubles or difficulties very often. I canāt stand the noise, but I wish I could be in the Rock music concert and actually enjoy it without pain. People thought we donāt want them. But I want them, I want everything.
Well, I guess you know what happened next: āBetween now and then, there was Life; and Bod walked into it with his eyes and his heart wide open.ā I did this and Iām still doing it. Iām nearly thirty now, but I feel that my life had yet to start. I went abroad, I came NZ just as you did. Iām in a university and I havenāt graduated.
And Iād like to think that when Iām in my 60s I can do everything, just like you and my elderly friends, Iāll get a very big dog and a very tiny house, Iāll be able to play music with other people in my garden, and we dance.
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