Books Are My Friends

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On Friday a book that was meant to be a Christmas gift came in the mail. But me being me couldn’t wait and immediately opened it up for Evan to enjoy. I was originally excited when I found A Child’s Garden of Verses at PaperBackSwap and swiped it up. I expected to get an older book, well used from years of reading. Instead the book I hurriedly pulled out of the package was brand new! The book had never been opened as far as I can tell. We spend a big part of the afternoon curled up on the couch reading the poems one after another, breathing in that new book smell.

With each book we add to the collection the more I wish for a sudden lump of cash to fall in my lap. I could easily spend a few thousand dollars on gently used books and still yearn for more. Especially during the winter months when it is cold and grey out. There’s nothing like curling up to hot cocoa and a good book after flinging snowballs. Make that a doulbe of hot cocoa after being the sole target of the snowballs the entire time.

Hopefully the snow isn’t so bad as to cancel the homeschooling moms meeting tonight. We had to postpone it last Monday because of the ice that covered everything. I’m looking forward to getting out tonight. Ahhh, adult interaction!

[tags]books, A Child’s Garden of Verses, children, Winter[/tags]