Last night, as I went to bed I thought, “Tomorrow I will read something inspiring.”

This afternoon I picked up the current issue of Mothering, and found an article about a mother-daughter book club. Reading it, I felt moved and misty eyed.

These six girls and their moms call themselves the Page Turners. They have been meeting for 11 years, reading books the girls choose and holding discussions the girls lead.

Each meeting, the host selects the book, prepares a meal, plans an activity, and adds pages to the group’s scrapbook. The meetings can last for hours. The meal provides a center point for the meeting, and relates thematically to the book. The books fall across the girls’ broad range of interests and have prompted thoughtful exploration of new ideas through conversations and activities. The activities have included learning new skills and crafts, playing games, and planning outings. The scrapbook records each of these aspects of the club.

Earlier, I wrote about building an attachment village, and wondered what worked for other families. This is precisely the sort of conscious community building that I hoped to learn about.

As much as she loves reading, at two and a half, my daughter is too young to be interested in a book club. But I hope it won’t be long before she’ll find this idea as inspiring as I do. And then we’ll be looking for other mother daughter pairs.