One of life's greatest pleasures for me is reading. I find it very relaxing while at the same time invigorating. It takes me to far away places in my mind. I get to meet new people and visit for a short while in their lives. It wasn't always that way. As a small first grader my first contact with reading was not positive.Yet, despite that shaky start I learned not only to love reading but to share that love with my children. I didn't realize at the time how far reaching that love would be until I had grandchildren and now they too love to read.
It is amazing how one negative experience in life can change you in a positive way. That change can then change others. It is very true that life is what you make it. I took my scary school experience as a six year old and turned it around. As much as I was affected by the actions of that first grade teacher I did not allow her behavior to take my love of reading from me. That is a testament to the power of the human spirit.
