The Joys of a Good Series

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Lately I have decided to return to a lot of the books that I loved when I was a child. As per my last post I am still looking for new reading material and I decided to finish a series that has captivated children for at least 4 generations. I have begun to read the Anne of Green Gables series. I am not on the fifth book and I just wanted to express my praise for this remarkable heartwarming story.

I first read Anne of Green Gables when I was nine. I was captivated by its wonderfully spunky and imaginative title character Anne. I laughed at all her scrapes as she grew up, however I never had full access to the entire series until now. I delight in reading how Anne has grown and has still preserved her sense of wonder.

I want to be more like Anne. I want to appreciate the small beautiful things such how the sun rises as I get to work, or the lovely rain that is miraculously falling in Utah right now. I want to have her spunk and her willingness to meet kindred spirits. She has caused me to take a good long look at the walls I have built around myself and allow them to come down just a bit so that I can once again look at my world through the eyes of wonder.