Books I won’t let go

Dozens of Sweet Valley High books sit in the drawers underneath my waterbed in my childhood home.

My Baby-sitter’s Club books are somewhere in the house, probably stuffed in cardboard boxes in the attic.

When I was a kid, I said I wanted to be buried with them.

I’ve outgrown that desire, but I still can’t part with them.

I tell myself maybe my future daughters would like to read them. My family says they won’t.

Hey, I read my mom’s old Trixie Belden novels.

Maybe I’m cautious about holding on to nostalgic items because, as a child, I was so eager to make a quick buck that I put several of my Care Bears and Rainbow Brite dolls for sale during garage sales. I regretted it later, when the ‘80s toys made a comeback.

What books have you outgrown but can’t leave?

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