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Imagine receiving a special gift from the 1800s for your new office, a bit of history to decorate with. But then, you discover a hidden treasure. In fact, your son, the one who wants to major in history, opens one of the #charlesdickens set only to find several hand-written pages by a long ago relative about how he had emigrated to America from England. About his hopes and dreams, bringing an invention he knew well to the U.S. and starting a life here. One that is now seen on streets across the whole country and taken as a given, but he hand-carried the plans and made it possible here with his team. My hands trembled as Jonathan’s face lit this week - and we looked up the towns where this many-great grandfathers ago man had boarded a ship and sailed to follow his dreams. We spent hours looking at the thatched-roof home he may have lived in and looking up the company he built. He wasn’t spared hard times, but had to sell and re-invent himself again here as well. His story delighted my son so intrigued by the hunt for a good mystery—but it also spoke to a deeper place inside me. In repairing the office from the flood, painting with our kids and woodworking, sanding away dullness and creating a new look together, I feel so honored to be making my own new beginning in this room. And now some of my favorite books (#NarniaChronicles ) sit on the same shelf as Henry Johnson’s collection from the 1800s that he carried over from another world. Stories like Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, The Pickwich Papers, Nicholas Nickelby, Hard Times (yes) and The Old Curiosity Shop, these tales of endurance and renewal and hope from despair - will be gazing over my shoulder, helping me to press on and press in. I’m so incredibly touched by this moment, getting to run my hand over these pages, and building my own dreams for the future. Have you ever received an unexpected gift? 🎁 What’s in your writing area at home that helps you keep you dreams alive? #bookphoto #booknerdigan #bookaesthetic #biblio #biblio #bibliolife #bookworms #bookshelf #shelfie #bookshelfie #bookinstagram #booksofinsta #readersofig #readersofinsta #childrensclassics https://www.instagram.com/p/CB1sXJKAgqD/?igshid=k529x856g29i