I was an avid reader as a child. I have many series and authors I loved but my all time favorite was The Boxcar Children. I thought it would be the coolest thing to live in a boxcar. I am dating myself because these books were popular in the 1970s but I think they are still available. Sadly, I could not get my children hooked on them when they were elementary age. I still love reading and finding new friends through the characters of a book!
The books I loved as a child were: The Secret Garden and The Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Little Women by Louisa may Alcott, and Nancy Drew mystery books…there were many of them! My Dad read to our family (4 kids, one brother and two sisters) every night after dinner, reading books like The Chronicles of Narnia, Brother Andrew, The Hiding Place, I Heard The Owl Call my Name and Through the Gates of Splendor (Pete Fleming, one of the five missionaries killed, was a personal friend of Dad’s). Dad fostered a love of books and reading aloud, for which I am ever grateful.
Books I love from childhood: Rilla of Ingleside (of Anne of Green Gables series) and Every Soul A Star by Wendy Mass. I love Rilla because of nostalgia and Every Soul A Star was about wonder and connections and how the universe is so much bigger than us.
I listened to that song throughout my freshmen year of college, a year of so much pain and loneliness and that song ministered to my heart!
I just finished Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and it also gave me the feeling that fiction writers are magical and incredible at craft! It's a bit dark but I do love the ending!
And if you're willing, I'd love to learn more about your sabbatical. I've heard about that for pastors or professors, but haven't heard of other people making space for a sabbatical. Would love to hear more!
I was an avid reader as a child. I have many series and authors I loved but my all time favorite was The Boxcar Children. I thought it would be the coolest thing to live in a boxcar. I am dating myself because these books were popular in the 1970s but I think they are still available. Sadly, I could not get my children hooked on them when they were elementary age. I still love reading and finding new friends through the characters of a book!
Narnia…my all time favorite; Little women;
Nancy Drew and The Bobbsy(sp) Twins, fables and myths….practically read through our library as a child….still my favorite past time
The books I loved as a child were: The Secret Garden and The Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Little Women by Louisa may Alcott, and Nancy Drew mystery books…there were many of them! My Dad read to our family (4 kids, one brother and two sisters) every night after dinner, reading books like The Chronicles of Narnia, Brother Andrew, The Hiding Place, I Heard The Owl Call my Name and Through the Gates of Splendor (Pete Fleming, one of the five missionaries killed, was a personal friend of Dad’s). Dad fostered a love of books and reading aloud, for which I am ever grateful.
Books I love from childhood: Rilla of Ingleside (of Anne of Green Gables series) and Every Soul A Star by Wendy Mass. I love Rilla because of nostalgia and Every Soul A Star was about wonder and connections and how the universe is so much bigger than us.
I listened to that song throughout my freshmen year of college, a year of so much pain and loneliness and that song ministered to my heart!
I just finished Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and it also gave me the feeling that fiction writers are magical and incredible at craft! It's a bit dark but I do love the ending!
And if you're willing, I'd love to learn more about your sabbatical. I've heard about that for pastors or professors, but haven't heard of other people making space for a sabbatical. Would love to hear more!
Also, feel better soon!!