Books...

are definitely a big part of our family's lives. As noted in a previous post, Ben has several bookshelves full of books (plus about 6 or 8 copy boxes full of books at his parents' house). I have a bit of a book collection myself -- mostly children's books that either fit into the collection that we presently have for the boys OR were ousted from the bookshelves and boxed up to accomodate Ben's books. :) The love for books has definitely trickled down to our boys...Elam was a very early reader and has always been able to look at books for 30 mins. at a time without much trouble.

So...here is my dilemma...choosing books. I am in the midst of getting all these things ready for a garage sale. It was not very painful for me to pack up the kids' toys, or to pack up my vases, platters, knick-knacks, etc. Books on the other hand hold much more sentiment for me. I can't decide if I should keep the books that had special meaning for me when I read them to E and Sy, books that the boys asked me or Ben to read 1.5 million times (in a row), or the ones that have some great moral message to hand down from generation to generation. It is hard! I have successfully packed up 2 pretty good sized boxes...but even then I have that horrible feeling that the boys will ask me the day after I sell them where a special book is.