On a bookshelf in our home, there are a few mismatched books that sit side by side on a shelf where the kids can’t reach. It’s probably quite confusing, as a Dr. Seuss book is the first in the pile, and yet my kids know that on the shelf just above my eye-level is the stash of mom’s favorite books.
A Jane Austen classic, a gift from a friend who shared my love of Austen’s work, sits next to Oh The Places You’ll Go, given to me by my third grade teacher Mrs. Lininger when I missed too much school…