. . . At one time in my life, I fantasized about having a huge library in my home.
Then, I came to understand that books require a lot of dusting and when you move they are a real pain to box up and haul from one place to another.
I also discovered that there were very few books that I will read more than once.
I remember the day (a few years back) I stood in front of my paltry collection of VHS tapes and realized that in the very near future I was going to have no way to view them unless I invested in a brand new movie collection on DVD. What a racket!
Enter the public library. Libraries have awesome collections of books, music and movies.
You can check them out for free and you never have to dust them.
That doesn’t mean I never buy books. I regularly buy books — baby shower gifts, birthday presents for my grandchildren, Christmas stocking stuffers.
Can children ever have too many books? I don’t think so.
But, at some point you figure out that you just can’t keep up with all the books your kids will want to read and it sure is nice to have a library in town. . . .
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