Thanksgiving 10
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 11:20AM
rebecca in thankfulness, thanksgiving

I’m thankful for books. I’ve loved books since I was very young, and throughout my life, I’ve learned much more from books than school. Even though I recently pruned my bookshelves, I still have lots and lots of books, and just seeing those full (but no longer overstuffed) bookshelves makes me happy, because I know that with all those books, I will never ever be bored. ‘Tain’t possible.

Last week a friend asked if I might have a book for her to read. I looked through my bookshelves and quickly collected four biographical books I thought might possibly interest her, not giving the task much thought. I finally got the books to her on Friday, and on Sunday she returned two of them, not because she wasn’t interested in them, but because she’d already read them. It turns out that she’d loved those two books for connections they had to her own life that I hadn’t even known when I chose them for her.

So I’m thankful for book—for the joy they give me and the joy they give others around me.

What are you thankful for today?

Here are three ways you can join in the thanksgiving. 

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If you’ve got a thanksgiving post and I missed it, please let me know so I can add your link.

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