hmmm…..
I am a
pretty big fan of Theodor Seuss
Geisel. You probably know him as
Dr. Seuss. Today, March 2, is his
birthday, or was his birthday. He was
born in 1904 but died in 1991. Over his
life, he wrote 60 different books, many of which you are no doubt
familiar. Books like, “A Cat in the Hat”
and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “Oh, The Places You’ll Go”
When I
was pastoring a church in south Texas, we had a mission project which involved
providing school clothes for kids whose parents didn’t have money to buy
them. In conjunction with this project,
a young Girl Scout decided to try and provide a book for each child that
visited our church for clothing. She brought
boxes and boxes of books she had collected for her project. When we had completed the distribution of
clothing and books, several boxes of books remained. We debated what to do with them. Should we put them in our church
library? Or give them to the local
library? We seriously doubted that anyone
would want them; they were tattered and torn and didn’t look particularly
appealing to most kids. But I opened up
one of the remaining boxes and delighted in a carefully stacked assortment of
Dr. Seuss books in near perfect condition.
We were stunned that anyone would so carelessly toss such a fine
collection.
After
making a reasonable donation to the kids clothing project for the books, I
carefully carted the Dr. Seuss classics back to my pastor’s study. I loved sharing them with kids who visited my
office. Most of the popular ones are gone now, given
to young readers. But I don’t regret
that they are not in my bookcase anymore.
After all, it was Dr. Seuss who wrote, “Don’t cry because it’s over,
smile because it happened.”
hmmm…..
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