I’m cheating slightly on the photo a day challenge and using a shot I took yesterday of Adam reading. Among the gifts in my life is the ability to read and having children who are well on the way to loving books as much as I do.
Books are one of those things I share with everyone in my family. We all have similar interests, and we are voracious readers. I remember as a child watching my sister fall asleep in bed with a book in her hand. As she woke up the next morning, the book was still there and she picked up where she left off, without missing a beat. She is now a media specialist in an elementary school library. Her daughter is a children’s librarian in a small community in Utah, and my love of the written word has taken a different track, in that I love to write, too.
My husband also reads constantly. As an elementary school teacher he has introduced me to a number of really interesting books. Now my oldest son is reading the same books. So at family gatherings my sister, husband, adult nieces, son and 13-year-old nephew can carry on lively conversations about the same book, because we are all reading the same book.
I am so happy to see Adam picking up the bug. I wondered if he would catch on as well as Logan, but the truth is, he is a better reader than his brother was at his age. Part of that was the blessing of an absolutely genius kindergarten teacher. He begs us to read him stories at night and he enjoys showing off his skills with the written word. Watching a child learn to read is magical. I am so blessed to be able to see this magic unfold in my children’s’ lives.