But the more I thought about these books and the more I clung to their memories and their sweet little covers with hearts and my name scribbled allover the inside, I realized that I do not have any daughters, and I may not ever. I hope to someday have tons of children running around on a farm someday, some biological and some adopted, but right now, in the present, I don't have any.
I'm not even married yet! Let's plan a wedding on a non-existing budget first. I began to think of how much the books had meant to me, and how I was never going to read them again, unless reading them to a child. I thought of the children in Cameroon, Rwanda, Bolivia, and Mexico I had met on mission Trips, who didn't own a single book. I decided I would let them go.
And seeing how I have started a little art/vintage store on etsy, that needed some new items on its shelves, it seemed like the perfect opportunity. I had been wanting to start a "Literature" section in my store. And here was my chance! Some of my books are from the 80's and some from the early 90's. I even found a few from the 50's. Most are in good condition, and most have my signature scrawled in them! Lots of them have creases, and this doesn't make me feel like I was a sloppy kid destroying everything in my path, it makes me remember reading and rereading my favorite stories again and again cherishing the words on the pages and the visuals in my mind.
I love that most of my books have moral stories and educational lessons that are still with me today. It's time for me to pass those on. I mean, who didn't love the Berenstain Bears? The New Girl in Town, and The Female Fullback were definitely favorites of mine with traces of romance, equal rights, feminism, and love written all over them. : )
I am going to post all of these books in my store at low prices, and any that don't sell, I plan to drop them off in a neighborhood I've been to that houses many refugee children from Nepal and Burma, along with some clothes, toys and handmade jewelry.
I'm thrilled and excited at the idea of my books becoming someone else's. : )
LET'S SPREAD THE LOVE YALL!!
Books are for sale at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BeautifulPursuit?ref=si_shop
(and check back because I will be posting new books and items regularly!)
