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• Saturday, July 29, 2006 - A recent miracle or gift? An experience with a bible

I introduced myself in my last post.
But here is a recent happening that lightened my heart as a mother.
I sell books and I especially like older books, especially ones containing homemaking tips. But once in a rare while, I find an old bible, one that contains carefully written family names. It always saddens me a little to think that someone's family history has ended up in a garage sale. So I try to help those books find their way back to a related family member.
    Not too long ago, I opened one of those bibles and saw the family names written so carefully, going back to the early 1800s! In very, very faint writing was a name, Emily-Elizabeth, a little girl who had live to age 9.
     I searched the genealogical websites and found the family line but...Emily-Elizabeth was not there! All the other names matched but she was not there. So I contacted them and now she is back officially in the family tree and the bible is in family hands again.
      I think these things are meant to be. When I sell my books, I like to think I am only hosting them for awhile until their new owners come along. 
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Posted by agodlyhomemaker
that is so wonderful! i wish i could make a find like that!
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Posted by southernbelle
That is fascinating! I know that must have thrilled the family.
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I am a mom of 3 and we are trying to live a simpler, gentler life and to leave a soft footprint on the earth, as far as not harming the environment and not spending money needlessly. I hope you stop by my store sometime to see what I sell as many books relate to homesteading, homeschooling, children's reading and math, etc. Others are just great older books which are often rare or out of print: rareanduniquebooksonline.com

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