Today I'm giving you a chance to win one $10 Amazon.com gift card. You know the drill, answer the Celebrating Solstice question in the comments and you are automatically entered to win! Winners will be announced tomorrow morning on the facebook page and in the comments!
You are gonna buy a book with that $10 aren't you?
After all, books make the very best gifts! Okay, okay, if you want to get something else I won't protest, but books are my favorite!
The best gift that I ever received was a book from my maternal grandfather. I can count on one hand the number of times I saw him in my life but I will always be thankful for the fact that he gave eleven-year-old me Anne of Green Gables. Anne of Green Gables is the first book that I can ever remember loving with all of my heart. I remember wanting to be just like Anne. I remember making her my imaginary friend (yes, I still had them at 11) and naming all of the places around me pretty names. The alley behind my house suddenly became Sparrow Lane and the imagination and creativity hasn't yet left me. Anne made it okay for me to live in my imagination, to love reciting poetry and reading, to have freckles all over, and to not be beautiful or perfect.
To this day, I have never received a gift that had such a beautiful and lasting impression on me.
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