Books

I'm taking part in a 52 Week Project with 17 other photographers from across the World. The 52 Week Project has been set up to have a new theme every week, and then each photographer interprets the theme and posts their picture every Friday at 9AM CST.Our theme this week is books.The first week we took a self portrait, the second week our theme was shades of red, the third week our theme was warmth, the fourth week our theme was signs, the fifth week our theme was motions, the sixth week our theme was love & the seventh week our theme was new beginnings. I really need to figure out how to clump these all together! Still haven't done that...so the list continues.It really is amazing to see how each photographer interprets the theme. You will also see some neat photographs from these ladies so be sure to click on the link at the bottom of this post to see the next photographer.When I read that the theme this week was books my thoughts immediately went here... I was obsessed with Anne when I was in middleschool.My journal entries always began with Dear Anne. I would write to Anne as if she was a real friend of mine, and tell her all of my dreams for the future.My friends and I would write letters and call each other 'bosom buddies' & 'kindred spirits.' I think I read and reread the Anne set of books at least 8 times during my middleschool and early highschool years.She was a real friend to me, and I loved her. I related to her, and tried to see the world like she did.This set of books will always be special to me for that reason.I moved a lot when I was a kid, and I remember how much it helped me to have a friend in Anne. It was like she gave me the courage to face a new environment. I understood feeling like an outsider, and she helped me to have the courage to not let it stop me from making new friends.I keep my set of Anne books in a special little nook in my house along with my wedding bouquet, a special broach from my great grandma, a tea set from my grandma and little trinkets that I have picked up along the way.Now head over and check out Doniphan, NE child photographer Jessica Richter's blog to see how she interpreted the theme this week!